title: A rare cause of dyspnea due to chylothorax.
abstract: We report the case of an 8-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department of another hospital and was referred to our pediatric intensive care unit with dyspnea and tachypnea of recent onset. The diagnosis of massive chylothorax with mediastinal shift was made on chest radiographs and CT scan. Initial investigations revealed no definite cause for the chylothorax. On later radiography and CT imaging with 3D surface rendering, a marked bone loss of the left ribs, clavicle, and shoulder joint was shown. The diagnosis of Gorham-Stout disease associated with chylothorax was suspected and histologically confirmed.
authors: Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Kristof
authors: K
authors: De Smet
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: De Maeseneer
authors: Elise
authors: E
authors: Huijssen-Huisman
authors: Viola
authors: V
authors: Van Gorp
authors: Said
authors: S
authors: Hachimi-Idrissi
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Ernst
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed