title: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia with chylothorax.
abstract: A 5-year-old boy with dyspnea was diagnosed through thoracentesis as having chylothorax. After conservative management failed, open thoracotomy was performed. Lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia. Chylothorax was successfully controlled by fibrin glue pleurodesis in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University, Kumi Hospital, Kumi, Kyungsangbuk-do, Korea. csdoctor@korea.com
authors.forename: Seock Yeol
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Rin
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kihl Rho
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D008200:Lymphangiectasis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male