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[Chylothorax].

J Norum·E Wist·U Aasebø
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A 51 year old man developed chylothorax from a non-Hodgkin lymphoma located in the abdomen. The main causes of chylothorax are trauma and malignant disease. The condition is quite often idiopathic. The treatment is usually a combination of surgical treatment, conservative treatment, high voltage radiation and/or pleurodesis with a sclerosing agent.

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J Norum, E Wist, U Aasebø. 1990-09-30. [Chylothorax].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2237855/

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