Pediatric Chylopericardium: Treatment Conundrum

Primary chylopericardium is a rare entity in the pediatric population, which is characterized by chyle accumulation in the pericardial sac. Treatment of this rare problem is a management dilemma as no definitive treatment has been found to be curative. We share our experience of treating chyloperica...

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Autores principales: Jasani, Mitul, Shah, Amar, Shah, Anirudh V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386768
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_252_16
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description Primary chylopericardium is a rare entity in the pediatric population, which is characterized by chyle accumulation in the pericardial sac. Treatment of this rare problem is a management dilemma as no definitive treatment has been found to be curative. We share our experience of treating chylopericardium with minimally invasive surgery.
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spelling pubmed-57720992018-01-31 Pediatric Chylopericardium: Treatment Conundrum Jasani, Mitul Shah, Amar Shah, Anirudh V. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Primary chylopericardium is a rare entity in the pediatric population, which is characterized by chyle accumulation in the pericardial sac. Treatment of this rare problem is a management dilemma as no definitive treatment has been found to be curative. We share our experience of treating chylopericardium with minimally invasive surgery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5772099/ /pubmed/29386768 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_252_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386768
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