Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is rarely complicated by chylothorax: we present a 93-year-old woman with CLL who developed recurrent pleural effusions that were ultimately found to be chylous in nature. Despite eight repeated thoracenteses, she continued to experience re-accumulation of fluid, a
Streptococcus lactis septicemia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
β Scribed by Jean Marc Durand; Marie Christine Rousseau; Jean Marc Gandois; Gilles Kaplanski; Marie Noelle Mallet; Jacques Soubeyrand
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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