title: Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer.
abstract: Late-onset chylothorax occurred 49 days after right lower lobectomy for lung cancer in a 76-year-old man. Chylothorax was successfully managed by conservative treatment with chest tube drainage and an enteral low-fat diet. Chylothorax may occur in the late period after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer, for which conservative management is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibe
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Mituhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: Morishita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
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