Bilateral chylothorax associated with sclerosing mediastinitis.
A 14-year-old female developed a sequential bilateral chylothorax from a complication of idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis. To the best of our knowledge, there has not been a published report of idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis followed by chylothorax. The recurrent bilateral chylothorax was treated successfully with a closed thoracostomy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis