Chylothorax after surgical treatment of right-sided thoracic outlet syndrome.
Chylothorax as a complication of the surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome is a quite rare event. We report a case of right-sided chylothorax and present a brief review on the treatment of postoperative chylothorax.
Araujo
Luiz Felipe Lopes
LF
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Moreschi
Alexandre Heitor
AH
de Macedo
Guilherme Baroni
GB
Moschetti
Laura
L
Machado
Eduardo Lopes
EL
Saueressig
Maurício Guidi
MG
D000328:Adult; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013901:Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects*