Etiology | Number of cases*[1] (%) | Number of cases¶[2] (%) |
Total nontraumatic PLUS traumatic cases | 191 (100) | 203 (100) |
Nontraumatic | ||
Malignant neoplasia | ||
| 70 (37) | 23 (11) |
| 17 (9) | 11 (5) |
Total malignant neoplasia cases = | 87 (46) | 34 (17) |
Nonmalignant | ||
| 26 (14) | 13 (6) |
| 25 (13) | 55 (27) |
Total nonmalignant cases = | 51 (27) | 68 (33) |
Total nontraumatic cases = | 138 (72) | 102 (50) |
Traumatic | ||
| 48 (25) | 97 (48) |
| 5 (3) | 4 (2) |
Total traumatic cases = | 53 (28) | 101 (50) |
* The Valentine et al case series[1] did not provide diagnoses for 10 patients so these cases were categorized in the table as "other diagnoses" in the Miscellaneous category.
¶ The lower incidence of chylothorax related to lymphoma in the earlier Doerr series[2], compared with the older Valentine series[1], likely relates to the earlier diagnosis of lymphoma and prompt initiation of effective therapy prior to development of chylothorax.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?