title: Successful treatment of severe fetal chylothorax resistant to repeated pleuroamniotic shunting by OK-432 pleurodesis.
abstract: We report the first case of successful fetal pleurodesis with OK-432 for recurrent severe fetal primary chylothorax after failing repeated pleuroamniotic shunting. Shunting and pleurodesis could be complementary to each other in the treatment of fetal chylothorax.
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, China. lo_tsz_kin@ yahoo.com.hk
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: M H Y
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000196:embryology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D010844:Picibanil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
chemical_list: D010844:Picibanil