Congenital chylothorax - WikiMD's WELLNESSPEDIA

Chylothorax
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Three bottles of chyle drained from a chylothorax
Specialty	Respiratory medicine
Symptoms	None, breathlessness
Complications	Dehydration, malnutrition, abnormal electrolyte levels, weakened immune system
Types	Low output, high output
Causes	Complication of surgery, trauma, cancer, infections, lymph vessel abnormalities
Diagnosis	X-ray, CT scan, thoracic MRI, fluid sampling
Treatment	Removing fat from the diet, decreasing lymph flow, chest tube, surgery
Medication	Octreotide, midodrine, and sirolimus
Prognosis	~10% risk of death

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Chylothorax that is present at birth.

Cardiovascular disease (vessels)

Arteries, arterioles
and capillaries

Inflammation

* Arteritis

Peripheral artery disease

Arteriosclerosis	* Atherosclerosis Foam cell Fatty streak Atheroma Intermittent claudication Critical limb ischemia Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis Arteriolosclerosis Hyaline Hyperplastic Cholesterol LDL Oxycholesterol Trans fat
Stenosis	* Carotid artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis
Other	* Aortoiliac occlusive disease Degos disease Erythromelalgia Fibromuscular dysplasia Raynaud's phenomenon

Aneurysm / dissection /
pseudoaneurysm

* torso: Aortic aneurysm

Vascular malformation

* Arteriovenous fistula

Vascular nevus

* Cherry hemangioma

Veins

Inflammation	* Phlebitis
Venous thrombosis / Thrombophlebitis	* primarily lower limb Deep vein thrombosis abdomen Hepatic veno-occlusive disease Budd–Chiari syndrome May–Thurner syndrome Portal vein thrombosis Renal vein thrombosis upper limb / torso Mondor's disease Paget–Schroetter disease head Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Post-thrombotic syndrome
Varicose veins	* Gastric varices Portacaval anastomosis Caput medusae Esophageal varices Hemorrhoid Varicocele
Other	* Chronic venous insufficiency Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency Superior vena cava syndrome Inferior vena cava syndrome Venous ulcer

Arteries or veins

* Angiopathy

Blood pressure

Hypertension	* Hypertensive heart disease Hypertensive emergency Hypertensive nephropathy Essential hypertension Secondary hypertension Renovascular hypertension Benign hypertension Pulmonary hypertension Systolic hypertension White coat hypertension
Hypotension	* Orthostatic hypotension

Diseases of the respiratory system

Upper RT
(including URTIs,
common cold)

Head	; sinuses: Sinusitis nose Rhinitis Vasomotor rhinitis Atrophic rhinitis Hay fever Nasal polyp Rhinorrhea nasal septum Nasal septum deviation Nasal septum perforation Nasal septal hematoma tonsil Tonsillitis Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess
Neck	; pharynx: Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia Laryngeal cyst Laryngitis Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Laryngospasm vocal cords Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Vocal fold nodule Vocal fold paresis Vocal cord dysfunction epiglottis Epiglottitis trachea Tracheitis Laryngotracheal stenosis

Lower RT/
lung disease
(including LRTIs)

Bronchial/
obstructive

; acute:

Acute bronchitis

chronic

COPD

Chronic bronchitis

Acute exacerbation of COPD)

Asthma (Status asthmaticus

unspecified

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Diffuse panbronchiolitis

Interstitial/
restrictive
(fibrosis)

External agents/ occupational lung disease	: Pneumoconiosis Aluminosis Asbestosis Baritosis Bauxite fibrosis Berylliosis Caplan's syndrome Chalicosis Coalworker's pneumoconiosis Siderosis Silicosis Talcosis Byssinosis Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Bagassosis Bird fancier's lung Farmer's lung Lycoperdonosis
Other	* ARDS Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema Pulmonary edema Löffler's syndrome/Eosinophilic pneumonia Respiratory hypersensitivity Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Hamman–Rich syndrome Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Sarcoidosis Vaping-associated pulmonary injury

Obstructive /
Restrictive

Pneumonia/
pneumonitis

By pathogen	* Viral Bacterial Pneumococcal Klebsiella Atypical bacterial Mycoplasma Legionnaires' disease Chlamydiae Fungal Pneumocystis Parasitic noninfectious Chemical/Mendelson's syndrome Aspiration/Lipid
By vector/route	* Community-acquired Healthcare-associated Hospital-acquired
By distribution	* Broncho- Lobar
IIP	* UIP DIP BOOP-COP NSIP RB

Other

* Atelectasis

circulatory
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary embolism
Lung abscess

Pleural cavity/
mediastinum

Pleural disease	* Pleuritis/pleurisy Pneumothorax/Hemopneumothorax Pleural effusion Hemothorax Hydrothorax Chylothorax Empyema/pyothorax Malignant Fibrothorax
Mediastinal disease	* Mediastinitis Mediastinal emphysema

Other/general

* Respiratory failure

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