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Rev Mex Pediatr 2008; 75 (4)

Congenital chylothorax: A case report

Cázarez OM, Bernal LEG

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 168-170
PDF size: 87.88 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Congenital chylothorax is the main cause of pleural effusion in the newborns. The diagnosis can be established in the intrauterine period by ultrasonographic study. This report is about a newborn child with the prenatal diagnosis of congenital chylothorax, as soon as he was born needed mechanical ventilation, a cannula installation in the right pleural and a closed drainage in the left pleura. He was treated by parenteral nutrition and the administration of octreotide.


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