Chylothorax after surgical treatment of right-sided thoracic outlet syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • Luiz Felipe Lopes Araujo
  • Alexandre Heitor Moreschi
  • Guilherme Baroni de Macedo
  • Laura Moschetti
  • Eduardo Lopes Machado
  • Maurício Guidi Saueressig
چکیده

Chylothorax as a complication of the surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome is a quite rare event. We report a case of right-sided chylothorax and present a brief review on the treatment of postoperative chylothorax.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia

دوره 35 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009