Open AccessChylothorax, chylopericardium and lymphoedema – the presenting features of signet‐ring cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Mogulkoc N.,
Önal B.,
Okyay N.,
Günel Ö.,
Bayindir Ü.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.021
H-Index - 241
eISSN - 1399-3003
pISSN - 0903-1936
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13f39.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chylothorax , lymphedema , carcinoma , elephantiasis , chyle , signet ring cell carcinoma , surgery , pathology , adenocarcinoma , complication , cancer , breast cancer , immunology , helminths , filariasis
This report describes a patient with chylous pleural and pericardial effusions in conjunction with severe lymphoedema resembling elephantiasis. The chylous effusions and generalized lymphoedema were associated with a signet‐ring cell carcinoma.