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MeSH Heading: Chylothorax
Tree Number(s): C08.528.142
Unique ID: D002916
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002916
Annotation: chyle in thoracic cavity
Scope Note: The presence of chyle in the thoracic cavity. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2002/10/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Chylothorax MeSH Descriptor Data 2026