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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


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Surgery Orthopaedics Trauma surgery
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