Derrame pleural en enfermedad de Milroy
Resumen
Pleural effusions in Milroy’s disease
Abstract
Milroy´s disease, also known as primary congenital lymphedema, was described in 1892 by William Forsyth Milroy, and is an affection, that usually occurs at birth, or during the infancy, genetic with autosomal dominant inheritance, caused by a defects in caused by mutation in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (VEGFR3), leading to aplasia or hypoplasia of lymphatic vessels, mainly in the lower limbs, fact manifested by swelling thereof. This entity sometimes extraordinary complicated with pleural effusion, which is why we report a case of a Female patient, 39 years old, diagnosed through clinical and paraclinical, review the literature in order to establish ways of presentation, present complications, differential diagnosis and therapy
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