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Delayed Chylothorax Following Blunt Chest Trauma Treated with Repeated Lymphangiography: A Case Presentation [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2023
Chylothorax is mostly iatrogenic, with blunt chest trauma being a rare cause. Treatment depends on the volume of drainage. Specifically, conservative treatment, such as total parenteral nutrition and pleural drainage, is performed in cases of low daily ...
Gayoung Kim, Dongsub Noh, Bong Man Kim, Yoonjung Heo   +3 more
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Experiences in the treatment of refractory chylothorax associated with lymphoproliferative disorders

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019
Background Chylothorax is a rare condition which can be associated with malignant lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs). We retrospectively analyzed the results of the conservative treatment of 10 patients with persistent non-traumatic malignant ...
Jana Pospiskova, Lukas Smolej, David Belada, Martin Simkovic, Monika Motyckova, Alice Sykorova, Pavla Stepankova, Pavel Zak   +7 more
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Congenital Chylothorax [PDF]

The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2009
Although pleural effusion is a rare cause of respiratory distress in newborns, being familiar with this disease is very important because of the generally favorable prognosis when the diagnosis is done early and therapy is prompt. We report a case of a full-term baby diagnosed with respiratory distress after 1 week of life. An X-ray of his chest showed
Saad Lahmiti, Jamila Elhoudzi, Salwa Baki, Abdelmounaim Aboussad   +3 more
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Congenital Chylothorax in a Late Preterm Infant and Successful Treatment With Octreotide

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2011
Chylothorax is defined as abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space and is a rare condition in neonates. Chylothorax causes respiratory and nutritional problems and a significant mortality rate.
Ning-Hui Foo, Yea-Shwu Hwang, Chin-Chuan Lin, Wen-Hui Tsai   +3 more
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Changing pleural fluid triglyceride levels in cirrhotic chylothorax

Respirology Case Reports, 2022
Chylothorax is an uncommon disease entity, but it occasionally poses a diagnostic challenge to physicians. Pleural fluid triglyceride level has been advocated as a screening test to diagnose chylothorax. However, its level can be depressed if there is an
Ka Pang Chan, Wing Ho Yip, Tina Yee Ching Chan, Chun‐Yiu Law   +3 more
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Left-sided chylothorax due to tuberculosis in an adult

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2018
A spontaneous chylothorax is rare. Chylothorax as a manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) is very rare even in countries where TB is endemic. We report a case of left sided chylothorax due to TB in a 50-year-old male alcoholic who presented with hypotension
K Gowrinath, K R R. Umamahesh
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Chylothorax, a rare complication after anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Case report.

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2020
Introduction Chylous leakage into the retroperitoneum is a rare complication after spinal surgery using an anterior retroperitoneal approach. Chylothorax is the presence of lymphatic fluid in the pleural cavity and it is even less frequent during ...
Matias, Gaston Camino Willhuber, Martin Estefan, Gonzalo Kido, Julio Bassani, Marcelo Gruenberg, Carlos Sola, Matias Petracchi   +7 more
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Hepatic Chylothorax in a 73-Year-Old Man With Undiagnosed Cirrhosis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Chylothorax is a specific type of pleural effusion characterized by the accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity. We wish to present an unusual case of chylothorax in a 73-year-old man who presented with generalized body swelling and right chylothorax
Tamiru B. Berake, Mohammad Almeqdadi, Gemechu S. Ayana   +2 more
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Double trouble: Biochemically confirmed bilateral chylothorax with positive pleural fluid cytology due to breast adenocarcinoma

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022
Although chylothorax is a well-described complication of malignancy, especially lymphoma, breast adenocarcinoma has not been a commonly implicated primary tumor. There has been only one published report of biochemically confirmed bilateral chylothorax in
Ralph Llewel Sabang, Andre Esteves, Jeffy Mathew, Tauseef Ahmed, Oleg Epelbaum   +4 more
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Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Tumors, Vascular Malformations, Lymphatic Malformations, and Lymphangiomatosis 2022

The Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective was to prepare guidelines to perform the current optimum treatment by organizing effective and efficient treatments of hemangiomas and vascular malformations, confirming the safety, and systematizing treatment, employing evidence‐based medicine techniques and aimed at improvement of the outcomes.
Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Kosuke Ishikawa, Sadanori Akita, Katsuyoshi Koh, Satoru Sasaki, Masatoshi Jinnin, Hidefumi Mimura, Keigo Osuga, Michio Ozeki, Michiko Nagahama, Akihiro Fujino, Yoko Aoki, Akiko Asai, Noriko Aramaki‐Hattori, Ryohei Ishiura, Masanori Inoue, Yuki Iwashina, Takafumi Ohshiro, Keiko Ogawa, Mine Ozaki, Junko Ochi, Shiro Onozawa, Motoi Kato, Takahide Kaneko, Tamihiro Kawakami, Akira Kitagawa, Masakazu Kurita, Yoshihiro Kuwano, Taro Kono, Shien Seike, Shinsuke Takagi, Nobuyuki Takakura, Takao Tachibana, Shuichi Tanoue, Kumiko Chuman, Hiroki Nakaoka, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Fumio Nagai, Yasunari Niimi, Shunsuke Nosaka, Taiki Nozaki, Tadashi Nomura, Kazuki Hashimoto, Ayato Hayashi, Satoshi Hirakawa, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Taizo Furukawa, Hiroshi Furukawa, Yumiko Hori, Takanobu Maekawa, Kentaro Matsuoka, Hideki Mori, Eiichi Morii, Akira Morimoto, Yuta Moriwaki, Shunsuke Yuzuriha, Naoaki Rikihisa, Munezumi Fujita, Yasuyuki Yamahana, Kyoichi Deie, Asami Tozawa, Daisuke Hasegawa, Akira Higashiyama, Daisuke Maeda, Sachiko Asayama, Yuhki Arai, Yohei Iwata, Mayu Uka, Hidehito Usui, Mizuki Uchiyama, Saori Endo, Hideki Endo, Rintaro Ono, Naoya Oshima, Toshihiro Otsuka, Kuniaki Ohara, Shinji Kagami, Tomo Kakihara, Mototoshi Kato, Hiroki Kanamori, Masafumi Kamata, Ami Kawaguchi, Akiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kiyokazu Kim, Tamotsu Kobayashi, Takeshi Saito, Yusuke Shikano, Shuichi Shimada, Keisuke Suzuki, Masataka Takahashi, Shohei Takami, Reiko Takeda, Aya Tanaka, Kaishu Tanaka, Satoru Tamura, Masashi Tamura, Kanako Danno, Kenji Tsuboi, Yuta Nakajima, Ryo Nakatani, Miho Noguchi, Akifumi Nozawa, Naoki Hashizume, Masashi Hayakawa, Daichi Hayashi, Takaya Fukumoto, Mamoru Honda, Norifumi Matsuda, Hayato Maruguchi, Naoki Murakami, Kiichiro Yaguchi, Shiho Yasue, Hiroki Yoshihara, Rika Yoshimatsu, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Shinji Wada   +116 more
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