Differential diagnosis of chylothorax in therapeutic practice

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The article is devoted to the differential diagnosis of chylous pleural effusion. The spectrum of traumatic and non-traumatic causes of chylothorax is discussed in detail. Examples of necessary diagnostic measures are given for the accumulation of milky fluid in the pleural cavity in order to verify chylothorax.

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Marina A. Makarova

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: mma123@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4913-087X

к.м.н., доц., ФГАОУ ВО «РНИМУ им. Н.И. Пирогова»

Russian Federation, Moscow

Gulsara E. Baimakanova

Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center

Email: mma123@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8198-9313

д.м.н., зав. отд. пульмонологии ГБУЗ «МКНПЦ им. А.С. Логинова»

Russian Federation, Moscow

Stanislav A. Krasovsky

Scientific Research Institute of Pulmonology; Bochkov Medical Genetic Research Center

Email: mma123@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9642-0947

.м.н., ст. науч. сотр. лаб. муковисцидоза ФГБУ «НИИ пульмонологии», ст. науч. сотр. научно-клинического отд. муковисцидоза ФГБНУ «МГНЦ им. акад. Н.П. Бочкова»

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

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