Chinnock Brian F
Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2003 Apr;24(3):259-62. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(02)00751-5.
Chylothorax is a rare entity with both traumatic and non-traumatic etiologies. Chyle depletion has significant nutritional, metabolic and immunologic consequences. We present a case of a patient with chylothorax who presented to the Emergency Department on numerous occasions with complications related to his chylothorax.