Refractory chylothorax in hepatic cirrhosis: Successful treatment by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-236

  Vignaux, Olivier ^a   Gouya, Hervé ^a   Dousset, Bertrand ^a   Mazuir, Elisabeth ^a   Buffet, Catherine ^a   Calmus, Yvon ^a   Legmann, Paul ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Refractory chylothorax; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; THORACIC DUCT;

CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; THORACIC DUCT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036087272     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200207000-00010     Document Type: Article

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