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Chylopericardium

Known as: Chylopericardiums 
Accumulation of chyle (the whitish fluid taken up by the lacteals in the intestine, consisting of an emulsion of lymph and triglyceride fat… 
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Hemopericardium

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Pericardial effusion

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Cardiac Tamponade Due to a Ruptured Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva
Abstract  Background and Aim: A sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiac anomaly. Rupture of a SVA often causes… 
2007
2007
Generalized lymphangiomatosis presenting as cardiomegaly.
2005
2005
Primary Idiopathic Chylopericardium Associated with Cervicomediastinal Cystic Hygroma
Chylopericardium is a rare clinical entity in which chylous fluid accumulates in the pericardial cavity. We report a case of… 
2000
2000
Pedal (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid lymphoscintigraphy in primary isolated chylopericardium.
Primary isolated chylopericardium is a rare disorder in which chylous fluid accumulates in the pericardial space. In this case… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Primary idiopathic chylopericardium: report of a case and review of the literature.
Primary or isolated chylopericardium of unknown etiology is considered a rare cause of pericardial effusion. Its etiology is… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Primary chylopericardium: the role of lymphangiography.
Primary chylopericardium is often a benign asymoptomatic disease, but patients with associated mediastinal lymphatic tumors may… 
Review
1967
Review
1967
Chronic Primary Chylopericardium: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
The case of a 36-year-old white man who had recurrent milky pericardial effusion and repeated pericardiocenteses over a period of… 
1958
1958
Cervicomediastinal cystic hygroma associated with chylopericardium.
Cervicomediastinal cystic hygroma is a rarely encountered pathological entity. Gross and Hurwitt 1 found 19 cases in the… 
1956
1956
Primary chylopericardium and its surgical treatment.
1. A case of chylopericardium successfully treated by ligation of the thoracic duct has been reported. Up to 1954 no other case… 
Review
1935
Review
1935
NON-TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX AND CHYLOPERICARDIUM; REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE DUE TO CARCINOMATOUS THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS OF THE THORACIC DUCT AND UPPER GREAT VEINS*
Excerpt Chylothorax is a rare condition and chylopericardium still more so. Traumatic chylothorax due to rupture or section of… 
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