Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer.
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.
Shimizu
Kimihiro
K
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Otani
Yoshimi
Y
Ibe
Takashi
T
Kawashima
Osamu
O
Kamiyoshihara
Mituhiro
M
Yasuo
Morishita
M
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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