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Efficacy of octreotide against chylothorax following lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer: A case report
INTRODUCTION: Postsurgical chylothorax is a rare complication of cervical dissection for thyroid cancer. We report that octreotide, a synthetic analog of somatostatin, is effective in treating chylothorax after thyroid carcinoma surgery. PRESENTATION OF CASE: The patient was a 48-year-old woman who...
Autores principales: | Hayashibara, Noriaki, Ogawa, Toshihisa, Tsuji, Eiichi, Ishizuna, Kazuo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26963261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.025 |
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