Chylous ascites and chylothorax due to the existence of transdiaphragmatic shunting in an adult with nephrotic syndrome

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Jul;20(7):1501-2. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfh791. Epub 2005 Mar 22.

Authors

Yi-Chun Chen¹, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Hung-Chun Chen, Mon-Quan Liu, Shang-Jyh Hwang

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.

PMID: 15784634
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh791

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Chylothorax / diagnostic imaging
Chylothorax / etiology*
Chylous Ascites / diagnostic imaging
Chylous Ascites / etiology*
Diaphragm / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Nephrotic Syndrome / complications*
Nephrotic Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Radiography