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A Case of Chylothorax after Tube Thoracostomy

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2012, v.72 no.1, pp.59-62







& (2012). A Case of Chylothorax after Tube Thoracostomy. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 72(1), 59-62.
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Abstract

Tube thoracostomy is known to cause complications such as bleeding or infection, but the incidence of chylothorax secondary to tube thoracostomy is under-reported, and therefore, we report this case. A patient was diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus with pleural and pericardial involvement. During repeated therapeutic thoracentesis, which were performed because of poor response to steroids and cylophosphamide, hemothorax developed and we therefore inserted a chest tube. The pleural effusion changed from red to milky color in several hours and we diagnosed the pleural effusion as chylothorax. Total parenteral nutrition based on medium-chain triglycerides was supplied to this patient and chylothorax was improved after 4 days.

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Chylothorax, Chest Tubes, Complications

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