BILATERAL CHYLOTHORAX FOLLOWING THYMECTOMY - RESOLUTION FOLLOWING UNILATERAL DRAINAGE

Authors
FLAHERTY S ELLISON R GRISHKIN BA
Citation
S. Flaherty et al., BILATERAL CHYLOTHORAX FOLLOWING THYMECTOMY - RESOLUTION FOLLOWING UNILATERAL DRAINAGE, Military medicine, 159(9), 1994, pp. 627-628
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
159
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
627 - 628
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1994)159:9<627:BCFT-R>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Chylothorax is a rare complication of thymectomy. Following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, our patient developed bilateral chylous pleura l effusions. The presence of a ''medi-astinal window'' allowed adequat e drainage with a unilateral chest tube.