Spontaneous chylothorax is a rare condition, lymph node tuberculosis is an exceptional etiology of chylothorax, we report an exceptional case of a patient with mediastinal and abdominal lymph node tuberculosis presenting with spontaneous bilateral chylothorax treated successfully by symptomatic medical treatment and antibacillary.

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