title: [Iatrogenic chylothorax: a complication of the pleural drainage tube].
abstract: We report the case of a male child in whom a chest tube developed into an iatrogenic chylothorax. Two similar cases have been reported in the literature, only one of them being similar to the present case. In both patients the anatomic topography of the thoracic duct coincided with the tube-induced injuries. We believe that such accidents are caused by pathological weakness of the pleura when in contact with the rigidity and sharp-edged points of the chest tubes.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Cirugía y Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Alzira Velano. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Universidad de Alfenas. Brasil. profporto@hotmail.com.br
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebastiao Porto
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ocáriz Bazzano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henrique Paiva
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Marti Traver
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Celeste Henriques
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013997:Time Factors