PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cherian, Sonia
AU  - Umerah, Onyeka Maureen
AU  - Tufail, Muhammad
AU  - Panchal, Rakesh K
TI  - Chylothorax in a patient with HIV-related Kaposi’s sarcoma
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-227641
DP  - 2019 Jan 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e227641
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/1/e227641.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/1/e227641.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2019 Jan 01; 12
AB  - We present a case of a 33-year-old man with a background of HIV and Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), who presented with a right sided chylothorax. He was managed with percutaneous chest drainage and talc pleurodesis, in addition to his chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy for KS and HIV, respectively. Good clinical control of the chylothorax remained 4 months post drainage. This case report summarises the approach to investigating and managing pleural effusion, and in particular chylothorax, in HIV patients.