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Case Report
A Case of Pulmonary Lymphangiectasis
Cheol-Hong Kim, Seong-Hoon Kim, Soo-Eun Park, Jae-Hong Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(5):715-718.   Published online May 15, 1998
Pulmonary lymphangiectasis is relatively a rare disorder. This disorder can be divided into three groups. First, pulmonary abnormality is associated with lymphangiectasia in other viscera(especilly intestine) and extremities. In the second group, patients have a concomitant cardiac anomaly, which appears to be associated with obstructed pulmonary venous return. The third group comprises of patients whose lymphangicetasia is not associated with...
Original Article
A Case of Pulmonary Lymphangiectasis Associated with Chylothorax.
Min Hee Kim, Jae Kyoung Lee, Oh Bae Chun, Byoung Hoon Yoo, Jae Hyung Yoo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(4):422-426.   Published online April 30, 1987
Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis is a rare abnormality usually becoming manifest at birth and almost invariably fatal in neonatal period or early infancy. Chylothorax is an infrequent manifestation of this disease. We report a patient with pulmonary lymphangiectasis, 3 year old male, who had been suffered from persistent respiratory distress since 7 days after birth, in whom the diagnosis was suggested by the appearance of...