Cardiac abnormalities in patients with Behçet disease (BD) include pericarditis, myocarditis,
endocarditis with valvular regurgitation, intracardiac thrombosis, endomyocardial fibrosis …

OBJECTIVES: We present a systematic overview of the literature on reported cases of
chylous pericardial effusion in adults over the past 10 years, assessing clinical presentation …

Nontraumatic chylothorax is an uncommon condition of thoracic or abdominal origin caused
by multiple disorders, of which malignancy is by far the most frequent one. Because gross …

It was acknowledged at the end of the 19th century that patients with connective tissue
disease have associated pleuropulmonary abnormalities. P Studies of patients, mostly with …

This article describes a rare and severe complication of central venous catheterization,
namely extensive thrombosis within the venous system of the chest resulting in bilateral …

Although a pleural effusion (PE) is a common condition in clinical practice (with a
prevalence of slightly> 400 patients/100,000), a definitive diagnosis is not established in …

Lung involvement in systemic disease may be a manifestation of the underlying pathological
process, may be a complication of the underlying disease or may be related to the treatment …

The development of a chylothorax is a rare complication of a superior vena caval
thrombosis. We describe a unique case of a chylous pleural effusion occurring in a patient …

Objective and background: The prevalence and characteristics of pleural effusions occurring
in adults with the superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome are unknown. The purpose of the …

The term “vasculitis” refers to disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessel walls.
1 “Vasculopathy,” on the other hand, is generally used to describe any disease that affects …