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Spontaneous Chylothorax following Septic Pulmonary Embolization [PDF]
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2020 Chylothorax is the occurrence of chyle (lymph) in the pleural cavity secondary to damage of the thoracic duct. It is a rare form of pleural effusion which appears as a milky white turbid fluid.
Michael Agustin +5 more
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A patient with traumatic chylothorax [PDF]
International Journal of General Medicine, 2012 Amina Barkat,1 Ilham Benbouchta,1 Lamia Karboubi,1 Zineb Ghanimi,2 Meryem Kabiri11National Reference Center in Neonatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco; 2University Mohammed V souissi of Rabat, Rabat, MoroccoAbstract ...
Barkat A +4 more
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Tension chylothorax following pneumonectomy [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2015 Post-pneumonectomy chylothorax is an uncommon complication following surgery, with an estimated incidence of less than 0.7%. Post-pneumonectomy tension chylothorax, where rapid accumulation of chyle in the post-pneumonectomy space results in hemodynamic ...
Hemang Yadav +3 more
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Chylothorax in thyroid surgery: A very rare case and systematic review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2016 Background Chylothorax is a very rare but major complication in thyroid surgery and should be apparent to clinicians in this field. Case presentation We report a case with chylothrax after thyroid surgery in our department that drew our attention ...
Verena Merki +3 more
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Traumatic Chylothorax from a Suprascapular Stab Wound [PDF]
The Annals of African Surgery, 2020 Reports are few of chylothorax complicating stab wounds to the left suprascapular region. We report a case of traumatic chylothorax following a stab wound to the suprascapular region in a 14-year-old boy.
Tunde Oyebanji, +2 more
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Congenital chylothorax and trisomy 21 syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2018 Introduction: Congenital chylothorax is known as abnormal leakage and accumulation of chyle in the pleural space. Chyle is a lymphatic fluid of intestinal origin.
Therese-Mary William
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Thoracic Duct Branch Identification Is Comparable Between T2-W 3D Fat-Suppressed Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Lymphangiography in Normal Dogs. [PDF]
Vet Radiol UltrasoundABSTRACT In dogs with chylothorax that are refractory to medical management, surgical intervention is often recommended. Computed tomographic lymphangiography (CTL) is the most commonly used preoperative imaging study, but it has the disadvantages of being time‐consuming and requiring contrast medium administration.
Griffith L +4 more
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Octreotide and chylothorax [PDF]
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2006 This article reviews the current literature concerning the role of somatostatin and its synthetic analogue, octreotide, in the treatment of chylothorax.Management of chylothorax includes evacuation of the pleural cavity through a chest tube to alleviate dyspnoea, and dietary fat restriction aimed at reducing lymph flow.
Kalomenidis, Ioannis
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BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro +4 more
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An Unusual Cause of Chylothorax after Norwood Stage One Reconstruction [PDF]
, 2011 We report an Unusual cause of prolonged chylothorax drainage after Norwood stage one reconstruction. This 1-month-old girl's chylous drainage was refractory to medical treatment. Echocardiography revealed thrombosis of the superior vena cava.
CHANG, YA-MEI;HUANG, SHU-CHIEN;CHEN, SHYH-JYE;CHANG, CHUNG-I;CHEN, CHUN-AN;WU, EN-TING;WANG, JOU-KOU;WU, MEI-HWAN +1 more
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