THE patient with chyluria offers an unusual opportunity for the study of fat absorption. Within a few hours after ingestion of a meal in which fat is present such a person often will pass ...

Regardless of the etiology, chylothorax produces detrimental respiratory, nutritional, and immunological consequences. 3 Mortality rates range from 20% to 60% depending upon associated findings, ...

In infants and children, chylothorax may occur as a complication of surgery or birth trauma, in association with pulmonary tumors and pulmonary lymphatic abnormalities or in association with various ...