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Case Reports
. 1994 Apr;235(4):375-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01090.x.

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia complicated by chylothorax

O Zimhony  1 , Y Davidovitch, M Shtalrid
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Case Reports

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia complicated by chylothorax

O Zimhony et al. J Intern Med. 1994 Apr.

Abstract

Chylothorax is a very rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: we describe an 81-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia complicated by chylothorax. Treatment with mediastinal irradiation and chemotherapy was unsuccessful. The pleural effusion resolved after talc pleurodesis.

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