A 42-Year-Old Woman With Abnormal Chest CT Scan and Chylous Ascites

Chest. 2016 Jan;149(1):e25-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.10.032. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

Abstract

A 42-year-old white woman presented to the pulmonary clinic for evaluation of abnormal chest imaging. Twenty years prior to presentation, she was noted to have an abnormal chest radiograph during a routine preemployment evaluation. A subsequent bronchoscopy was nondiagnostic. She was followed up with annual imaging, which demonstrated little or no progression of her disease. She remained symptom free throughout this period. A year before her visit to the pulmonary clinic, she developed abdominal discomfort and was found to have ascites. Subsequently, she underwent three paracenteses with analysis revealing chylous fluid. She was a nonsmoker without a history of exposures or travel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chylous Ascites / complications
  • Chylous Ascites / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chylous Ascites / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / complications
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / therapy
  • Lymphangiectasis / complications
  • Lymphangiectasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphangiectasis / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed