Use of the Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt in the treatment of chylothorax secondary to filariasis.
A 57 year old woman developed a chylothorax as a result of having had filariasis as a child. This failed to respond to conservative measures but was successfully managed by means of a Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt.
Kitchen
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ND
Department of Surgery, Charling Cross and Westminster Medical School, London.
Hocken
D B
DB
Greenhalgh
R M
RM
Kaplan
D K
DK
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008220:Lymphography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*