Garcia Restoy E, Bella Cueto F, Espejo Arenas E, Aloy Duch A
Servei de Medicine Interma, Hospital de Sant Llàtzer, Terrassa, Spain.
Eur Respir J. 1988 Oct;1(9):872-3.
A 67-yr-old woman was admitted with dyspnoea, chest and neck pain and swelling of both supraclavicular fossae and the neck. Chest X-ray showed bilateral pleural effusions. Thoracocentesis yielded a milky fluid with a high triglyceride level. Four previously published cases had similar clinical manifestations. The pathophysiology is discussed.