- Case Report
- A Case of Idiopathic Chylothorax Treated with Pleuroperitoneal Shunt
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Sung Ho Jung, Dong Un Kim, Yoon Kyung Lee, Byung Joon Choi, Jin Tack Kim, Ik Jun Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(5):733-737. Published online May 15, 1999
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Chylothorax is an accumulation of lymphatic fluid or chyle in the pleurual cavity resulting from a leak of the thoracic duct or one of its major divisions. If the loss of chyle persist, life threatening nutritional and immunologic deficiencies ensue. Initial conservative managements consist of tube thoracostomy drainage and dietary modification(low fat diet and total parenteral nutrition). In some refarctory... |
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- A Case of Marden-Walker Syndrome
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Hyun Jong Cho, Yoon Kyung Lee, Dong Un Kim, Byung Joon Choi, Jin Tack Kim, Ik Jun Lee, Je Geun Chi
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(10):1471-1474. Published online October 15, 1999
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