Chylothorax, chylopericardium and lymphoedema - the presenting features of signet-ring cell carcinoma
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: Nesrin MOĞULKOÇ BISHOP, B Onal, N Okyay, O Gunel, U Bayindir
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 1999, vol 13, pp 1489-1491
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.13614929
Summary
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.