Van Veldhuizen P J, Taylor S
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA.
Am J Clin Oncol. 1996 Apr;19(2):99-101. doi: 10.1097/00000421-199604000-00002.
The development of a chylothorax is a rare complication of a superior vena caval thrombosis. We describe a unique case of chylous pleural effusion occurring in a patient with an underlying lymphoma who had a Hickman-Broviac catheter and a left subclavian vein thrombosis. The effusion resolved after the initiation anticoagulant therapy. This potentially reversible cause of a pleural effusion needs to be considered in any patient with a central venous catheter who is undergoing treatment for an otherwise malignant disorder.
