Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child.
A previously well 2-year-old girl presented with acute respiratory distress. After multiple investigations she was diagnosed with spontaneous chylothorax, attributed to strenuous vomiting. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of spontaneous chylothorax occurring after the neonatal period.
Soto-Martinez
Manuel E
ME
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. quiquesoto@gmail.com
Clifford
Vanessa
V
Clarnette
Tom
T
Ranganathan
Sarath
S
Massie
R John
RJ
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000293:injuries*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*