title: Late-period-onset chylothorax after a pulmonary resection for lung cancer: a case report.
abstract: A 65-year-old female had been diagnosed with right lung cancer by her family physician, and she was introduced to our Department of Thoracic Surgery at Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital in May 2004. She underwent a right upper lobectomy and wedge resection of S6 with the systematic dissection of her mediastinal lymph nodes. The patient made an uneventful recovery and was discharged on postoperative day 19. However, chylothorax was detected on a chest roentgenogram when she consulted our outpatient clinic again for dyspnea on exertion and chest pain. Chylothorax occurred in postoperative day 34. The patient initially received conservative therapy, but subsequently underwent surgical treatment and fibrin glue intubation when conservative therapy proved to be unsuccessful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suemitsu
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ondo
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015505:Chest Tubes; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive