%0 Journal Article
%T Transudative chylothorax associated with alcoholic cirrhosis
%A Jun Ninomiya
%A Shinichi Miyazaki
%A Takuya Ikeda
%A Yasumasa Kuno
%A Yusuke Koshima
%J Archive of "Oxford Medical Case Reports".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/omcr/omz019
%X We present the case of a 53-year-old man with decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis who was referred for right pleural effusion. After investigation, the patient was ultimately diagnosed with cirrhotic chylothorax. Chylothorax is a rare manifestation of cirrhosis, which results from the trans-diaphragmatic passage of chylous ascites. While chylothorax generally results in an exudative pleural effusion, cirrhotic chylothorax is always a transudative effusion. Biochemical characteristics are useful for diagnosis, avoiding potentially harmful diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440272/