(1) In the small bowel mesentery, the spaces may be filled with chyle and are called chylous lymphangioma.(2) Two to four liters of chyle are transported through the thoracic duct each day.(3) This produced serosanguinous fluid rather then chyle , and we inserted an intercostal drain, which drained 600 ml in the first 24 hours.(4) Dyspnea is the usual presenting complaint and is related to both chylous effusions, which may be large, and obstructive airway disease.(5) In the small bowel mesentery, the spaces may be filled with chyle and are called chylous lymphangioma.(6) Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a disease affecting primarily women, is characterized by progressive cystic lung lesions, recurrent pneumothoraces, chylous effusions, lymphatic tumors, and angiomyolipomas.(7) I am a little bit worried about a really odd pulmonary lymphoma with chylous effusions and I am going to need the pathologist.(8) The other patient without symptomatic improvement after sclerosis had a history of a lobectomy and was found to have a chylous effusion.
