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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2022

Double trouble: Biochemically confirmed bilateral chylothorax with positive pleural fluid cytology due to breast adenocarcinoma.

Ralph Llewel Sabang, Andre Esteves, Jeffy Mathew, Tauseef Ahmed, Oleg Epelbaum

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ralph Llewel SabangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Andre EstevesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Jeffy MathewDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Tauseef AhmedDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Oleg EpelbaumDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Westchester Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although chylothorax is a well-described complication of malignancy, especially lymphoma, breast adenocarcinoma has not been a commonly implicated primary tumor. There has been only one published report of biochemically confirmed bilateral chylothorax in solid malignancy, and this was not associated with breast adenocarcinoma. Likewise, there has been only one published report of bilateral chylothorax in solid malignancy with positive pleural fluid cytology on both sides; again, the primary tumor was not breast adenocarcinoma. Herein we present a case that combines all three of these rarely reported features: a patient with metastatic breast adenocarcinoma who developed biochemically confirmed bilateral chylothorax with documented positive pleural fluid cytology on both sides. This report is accompanied by a literature review of published cases of bilateral chylothorax in solid malignancy.

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BilateralBreast cancerChylothoraxPleural effusionSolid malignancy

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PMID35859612
PMCPMC9289731
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