Chylothorax occurring 23 years post-irradiation: Literature review and management strategies

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-303

  McWilliams, Annette ^a   Gabbay, Eli ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Irradiation; Pleural effusion; Thoracocentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CHYLOTHORAX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033806405     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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2. Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax
3. Chylothorax after mantle field irradiation for Hodgkin's disease
4. Thoracoscopic ligation of a thoracic duct leakage
5. Delayed chylothorax after irradiation
6. Bilateral pleural effusion due to mediastihal fibrosis induced by radiotherapy