Sanders J S, Rosenow E C, Piehler J M, Gloviczki P, Brown L R
Mankato (Minn) Clinic, Rochester.
Arch Intern Med. 1988 Jun;148(6):1465-6.
A 73-year-old woman with a two-year history of recurrent episodes of respiratory distress is described. The finding of an elevated triglyceride value of 23.4 mmol/L (2072 mg/dL) and a normal cholesterol value in her sputum led to the correct diagnosis of chyloptysis after lymphangiography was performed. It is thought that congenital incompetence of the lymphatic valves was the cause of chyloptysis.
本文描述了一位73岁女性，她有两年反复出现呼吸窘迫发作的病史。在她的痰液中发现甘油三酯值升高至23.4 mmol/L（2072 mg/dL）而胆固醇值正常，在进行淋巴管造影后得出了乳糜痰的正确诊断。据认为，先天性淋巴管瓣膜功能不全是乳糜痰的病因。
