Chylothorax following transsternal total thymectomy: a case report

Herein, we report a case of chylothorax following total thymectomy. A 46-year-old woman having an anterior mediastinal tumor underwent a thymectomy via median sternotomy. Seven days after surgery, there was no massive pleural effusion. However, on post-operative day 17, a right massive pleural effus...

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Autores principales: Kato, Fumiaki, Tomita, Masaki, Shimmura, Kohei, Yoshizumi, Hideyuki, Sato, Toshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac631
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Sumario:Herein, we report a case of chylothorax following total thymectomy. A 46-year-old woman having an anterior mediastinal tumor underwent a thymectomy via median sternotomy. Seven days after surgery, there was no massive pleural effusion. However, on post-operative day 17, a right massive pleural effusion was detected, and it was diagnosed as chylothorax. She was successfully treated with conservative therapy. Chylothorax following thymectomy is a very rare complication.

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