Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia in a newborn: A response to autologous blood therapy

Neonatology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Akcakus, Mustafa ^a   Koklu, Esad ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet ^a   Kurtoglu, Selim ^a   Altunay, Levent ^a   Canpolat, Mehmet ^a   Budak, Nurten ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autologous blood therapy; Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHYLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; LUNG LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; SIBLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250616240     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098172     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Hutchinson AA, Drew JH, Yu VUH, Williams ML, Fortune DW, Beischer NA: Non-immunologic hydrops foetalis: a review of 61 cases. Obstet Gynecol 1982;59:347-352.
2. Noonan JA, Walters LR, Reeves JT: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis. Am J Dis Child 1970;120:314-319.
3. Ballinger AB, Farthing JG: Octreotide in the treatment of intestinal lymphangiectasia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1998;10:699-702.
4. Bac DJ, Van Hagen PM, Postema PT, ten Bokum AM, Zondervan PE, van Blankenstein M: Octreotide for protein-losing enteropathy with intestinal lymphangiectasia. Lancet 1995;345:1639.
5. MacLean JE, Cohen E, Weinstein M: Primary intestinal and thoracic lymphangiectasia: a response to antiplasmin therapy. Pediatrics 2002;109:1177-1180.
6. Lee SY, Yang SR, Lee KR: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia with chylothorax. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:76-77.
7. Robinson CL: Autologous blood for pleurodesis in recurrent and chronic spontaneous pneumothorax. Can J Surg 1987;30:428-429.
8. Dumire R, Crabbe MM, Mappin FG, Fontenelle LJ: Autologous 'blood patch' pleurodesis for persistent pulmonary air leak. Chest 1992;101:64-66.
9. Shackloth M, Poullis M, Page R: Autologous blood pleurodesis for treating persistent air leak after lung resection. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1402-1403.
10. Dempsey EM, Sant'Anna GM, Williams RL, Brouillette RT: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia presenting as nonimmune fetal hydrops and severe respiratory distress at birth: not uniformly fatal. Pediatr Pulmonol 2005;40:270-274.
11. Scott C, Wallis C, Dinwiddie R, Owens C, Coren M: Primary pulmonary lymphangiectasis in a premature infant: resolution following intensive care. Pediatr Pulmonol 2003;35:405-406.
12. Finder J, Steinfeld J: Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia. N Engl J Med 2004;350:948.
13. Esther CR Jr, Barker PM: Pulmonary lymphangiectasia: diagnosis and clinical course. Pediatr Pulmonol 2004;38:308-313.
14. Barker PM, Esther CR Jr, Fordham LA, Maygarden SJ, Funkhouser WK: Primary pulmonary lymphangiectasia in infancy and childhood. Eur Respir J 2004;24:413-419.