Primary chylopericardium treated by surgery: Report of two cases
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[Primary idiopathic chylopericardium: report of 9 cases].
Primary chylopericardium is an extremely rare disease. This report presents two cases of this disease, in a 47-year-old man and 21 -year-old woman. Both cases were given diagnosis of primary chylopericardium by chylous pericardial fluid examination and lymphangio-scintigraphy which demonstrated abnormal communication between the left thoracic duct and the pericardial cavity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiology Cases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1878-5409
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2010.12.004