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chylous

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chylous /chy·lous/ (ki´lus) pertaining to or mixed with chyle.
chylous
[kī′ləs]
Etymology: Gk, chylos, juice
pertaining to or resembling chyle.

chylous [ki´lus]
pertaining, mingled with, or of the nature of chyle.

chylous
pertaining to, mingled with, or of the nature of chyle.

chylous ascites
distention of the abdomen with chyle.
chylous effusion
accumulation of chyle, usually in a cavity, e.g. pleural cavity.
chylous hydrothorax


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Treatment of a postoperative cervical chylous lymphocele by percutaneous sderosing with povidone-iodine.
The natural history tends to be that of slow progression with recurrent chylous accumulations and associated mediastinal compression.
It is an adjunct to lymphography in: primary and secondary lymphedema of the extremities; chyluria, chylous ascites or chylothorax; lymph node involvement by primary or secondary neoplasm; lymph node response to therapeutic modalities.
 
 
 
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