Article
Idiopathic Chylopericardium: A Rare Entity
West Florida Division GME Research Day 2020
Division
West Florida
Hospital
Largo Medical Center
Specialty
Internal Medicine
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
5-1-2020
Keywords
- Chylopericardium,
- chylous
Disciplines
Abstract
- Idiopathic chylopericardiumis a rare entity in which the acculumation of chylousfluid surrounds the pericardial space.
- Herein, we present a case of a 50 year old healthy female patient with no known past medical history that was diagnosed with idiopathic chylopericardiumand was successfully treated using a pleurXcatheter drainage for two and a half weeks and a low fat diet.
Citation Information
Seema Jaga, Joseph Namey, Christiano Caldeira and Salah Al-Andary. "Idiopathic Chylopericardium: A Rare Entity" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/salah-al-andary/3/