A 42-Year-Old Woman With Abnormal Chest CT Scan and Chylous Ascites

作者:Panchabhai Tanmay S; Bandyopadhyay Debabrata; Yadav Ruchi; Arrossi Andrea V; Mehta Atul C; Faress Jihane A*
来源:Chest, 2016, 149(1): E25-E28.
DOI:10.1016/j.chest.2015.10.032

摘要

A 42-year-old white woman presented to the pulmonary clinic for evaluation of abnormal chest imaging. Twenty years prior to presentation, she was noted to have an abnormal chest radiograph during a routine preemployment evaluation. A subsequent bronchoscopy was non-diagnostic. She was followed up with annual imaging, which demonstrated little or no progression of her disease. She remained symptom free throughout this period. A year before her visit to the pulmonary clinic, she developed abdominal discomfort and was found to have ascites. Subsequently, she underwent three paracenteses with analysis revealing chylous fluid. She was a nonsmoker without a history of exposures or travel.

  • 出版日期2016-1