A case report of infant with Chylothorax

Background: Chylothorax is rare in infancy. It may be iatrogenic or congenital. That is caused by escape of lymph into the pleural space. Case: This is a girl born to a 30-year-old mother by cesarean section. At the age of 7 days, she was admitted to Amirkola children hospital for RDS and cyanosis....

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Autor principal:	Y ZahedPasha
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Lenguaje:	EN FA
Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 1999
Materias:	chylothorax infant congenital iatrogenic Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:368ac862cf164feb836091ff1c7fe9fe2021-11-10T09:24:11ZA case report of infant with Chylothorax1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/368ac862cf164feb836091ff1c7fe9fe1999-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2971-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170Background: Chylothorax is rare in infancy. It may be iatrogenic or congenital. That is caused by escape of lymph into the pleural space. Case: This is a girl born to a 30-year-old mother by cesarean section. At the age of 7 days, she was admitted to Amirkola children hospital for RDS and cyanosis. Chest X-ray showed a diffuse radio-opacity on the right parts of thorax and a slight shift of heart and mediastinum to left. There was a copius milky pleural fluid in puncture, and chyle (Presence of lymph) was confirmed. After insertion of a chest tube, fluid puncture and feeding the baby with MCT, fluid discharge stopped. After 2 months we gradually replaced MCT with breast milk. The infant is now living without any symptoms.Y ZahedPashaBabol University of Medical SciencesarticlechylothoraxinfantcongenitaliatrogenicMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 70-74 (1999)
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description	Background: Chylothorax is rare in infancy. It may be iatrogenic or congenital. That is caused by escape of lymph into the pleural space. Case: This is a girl born to a 30-year-old mother by cesarean section. At the age of 7 days, she was admitted to Amirkola children hospital for RDS and cyanosis. Chest X-ray showed a diffuse radio-opacity on the right parts of thorax and a slight shift of heart and mediastinum to left. There was a copius milky pleural fluid in puncture, and chyle (Presence of lymph) was confirmed. After insertion of a chest tube, fluid puncture and feeding the baby with MCT, fluid discharge stopped. After 2 months we gradually replaced MCT with breast milk. The infant is now living without any symptoms.
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A case report of infant with Chylothorax

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