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Lymphoscintigraphy showed suspected leakage or obstruction of lymph at the supradiaphragmatic level.
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Introduction
Primary chylopericardium is an extremely rare disease with no previous reported case in Indonesia. It may be caused by an abnormality of lymphatic drainage in the thoracic region.
Case presentation
We report the case of a 19-year-old female who presented with a chief complaint of shortness of breath and fluid accumulation in her peric...
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... Journal of Surgery Case Reports (Fig. 1). The patient was diagnosed with recurrent primary chylopericardium. We highly encourage the patient to undergo surgery following recurrent accumulation of chyle in the pericardial sac however, the patient was hesitant to follow through. The patient reported improved symptoms immediately following her third pericardiocentesis, but ...
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