Four cases of chylous fistula after breast cancer resection.
Chylous fistulas in cases treated surgically for breast cancer only, are rare. We encountered four chylous fistula cases after breast cancer operations out of a total of 851 cases, all of which involved the left breast. Chylous fistulas were confirmed by axillary white fluid and were unrelated to obesity, surgical method or the area of axillary lymph node dissection. All four cases of chylous fistulas were successfully treated conservatively, with no special dietary control and no surgical treatment.
Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. eiji1026@naa.att.ne.jp
Eiji
E
Nakajima
Hiroji
H
Iwata
Takushi
T
Iwase
Hiroshi
H
Murai
Mituhiro
M
Mizutani
Shigeto
S
Miura
Harubumi
H
Kato
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000601:surgery*; D002913:Chyle; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy