[Chylothorax. A case review and literature overview].
Chylothorax is a rare disorder, predominantly of traumatic (iatrogenic) or tumorous aetiology. Its symptomatology complies with other types of fluidothorax. Long-term chylous depletion may result in malnutrition and other metabolic and immunological symptoms. Infectious complications are rare. The authors present a literature overview and their own case-review of chylothorax resulting from the suprarenal aortic aneurysm surgery. The conservative management failed and the complication in the 75-year old patient was managed using pleuroabrasion and talk pleurodesis.
Safránek
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Chirurgická klinika FN Plzen.
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Vodicka
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J
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D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications