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Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Persistent lymphatic drainage following retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular tumor is an uncommon complication. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 21-year old man of Caucasian origin who had metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis, and underwent retroper...

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Autores principales: Browne, Katherine M, Casey, Rowan G, Thornhill, John A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830237
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-8704
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description INTRODUCTION: Persistent lymphatic drainage following retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular tumor is an uncommon complication. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 21-year old man of Caucasian origin who had metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis, and underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, nephrectomy and partial inferior vena cava excision for a residual mass. The patient subsequently developed persistent lymphatic drainage causing foot drop that eventually responded to conservative medical and surgical measures. CONCLUSION: This postoperative condition usually responds well to conservative measures but has the potential for serious morbidity if it is not managed appropriately.
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spelling pubmed-27377932009-10-14 Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report Browne, Katherine M Casey, Rowan G Thornhill, John A J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: Persistent lymphatic drainage following retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular tumor is an uncommon complication. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 21-year old man of Caucasian origin who had metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis, and underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, nephrectomy and partial inferior vena cava excision for a residual mass. The patient subsequently developed persistent lymphatic drainage causing foot drop that eventually responded to conservative medical and surgical measures. CONCLUSION: This postoperative condition usually responds well to conservative measures but has the potential for serious morbidity if it is not managed appropriately. BioMed Central 2009-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2737793/ /pubmed/19830237 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-8704 Text en Copyright ©2009 licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report
title_fullStr Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report
title_short Prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report
title_sort prolonged lymphatic leak after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830237
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-8704
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