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11783594

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
A 36 year-old woman developed marked lymphedema and chylous cysts of the lower abdominal wall, groin, labia, accompanied by chylorrhea. After cyst excision and transplantation of the greater omentum, a left chylothorax occurred. After thoracic duct ligation and left pleurodesis, pleural effusion recurred and worsened. Lymphangioscintigraphy and conventional lymphography suggested that undrained enlarged retroperitoneal lymphatics in the right iliac fossa had disrupted and lymph had leaked into the left chest from the right iliac fossa. Treatment by a lymphatic cyst-vein anastomosis redirected excess chylous lymph into the blood circulation and chylothorax initially remitted. Several years later with recurrence of chylorrhea, the anastomosis was found to be occluded. After a second operative connection between a lymphogenous cyst and the greater saphenous vein, chylorrhea subsided and chylothorax has remitted for more than 4 years.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0024-7766
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
166-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymphogenous cyst-vein shunt in the management of chylothorax and chylorrhea.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Surgery, Beijing Police Hospital, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports