Chylous pericardial effusion after pulmonary lobectomy

Chylous pericardial effusion as a rare complication after pulmonary endarterectomy.

Chylous pericardial effusion is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. We report a case of a patient who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and was diagnosed with chylopericardium after the procedure. We present the surgical management of this condition, which included bilateral pedal lymphangiography followed by ligation of injured lymph vessel.

Traumatic chylous knee effusion.

A 47-year-old patient presented with a chylous knee effusion and traumatic infected skin lacerations. The diagnosis of septic arthritis was considered because of purulent looking joint fluid, spuriously high synovial fluid white cell count, and signs of acute knee synovitis. Synovial fluid lipid analysis showed increased total lipids due to high concentration of neutral lipids, mainly triglycer...

Pericardial effusion is correlated with clinical outcome after pulmonary artery denervation for pulmonary arterial hypertension

OBJECTIVES Pericardial effusion (PE) is correlated with outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) was used for treatment of PAH. The present study aimed to analyze the prognostic value of PE for outcomes after PADN in patients with WHO Group I, Group II and Group IV PAH. RESULTS PE, frequently seen in patients with connective tissue d...

Pericardial effusion.

Two cases of chylous effusion.

This classification is artificial, unsatisfactory and based on unsound biochemical investigation. Gandin (1913) was the first person to question the possibility of such differentiation. Collecting all recorded cases in the literature, he found wide discrepancies and stated that but o. i per cent. of finely emulsified fat is necessary to produce a turbid fluid. He believes that all milky fluids ...