Chylothorax. A Case Review and Literature Overview
Authors:
J. Šafránek 1; V. Špidlen 1; J. Vodička 1; B. Čertík 1; H. Mírka 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Chirurgická klinika FN Plzeň, přednosta: prof. MUDr. V. Třeška, DrSc.
1; Radiodiagnostická klinika FN Plzeň, přednosta: doc. MUDr. B. Kreuzberg, CSc.
2
Published in:
Rozhl. Chir., 2006, roč. 85, č. 12, s. 604-608.
Category:
Monothematic special - Original
Overview
Chylothorax is a rare disorder, predominantly of traumatic (iatrogenic) or tumorous aetiology. Its symptomatology complies with other types of fluidothorax. Long-term chylous depletion may result in malnutrition and other metabolic and immunological symptoms. Infectious complications are rare. The authors present a literature overview and their own case-review of chylothorax resulting from the suprarenal aortic aneurysm surgery. The conservative management failed and the complication in the 75-year old patient was managed using pleuroabrasion and talk pleurodesis.
Key words:
chylothorax – aortic aneurysm – pleuroabrasion – talk pleurodesis
Labels
Surgery Orthopaedics Trauma surgeryArticle was published in
Perspectives in Surgery
2006 Issue 12
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