Spontaneous bilateral chylothorax in both vena cava thrombosis; cisterna chyli ligation

Authors

  • Onur Bayrakci Thoracic Surgery Department, Ersin Arslan Education and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Ersin Borazan General Surgery Department, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Maruf Şanli Thoracic Surgery Department, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Sevinç Yagci Thoracic Surgery Department, Ersin Arslan Education and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Nurevşan Kusdogan Thoracic Surgery Department, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20211833

Keywords:

Spontaneous, Chylothorax, Vena cava thrombosis, Surgical, Cisterna chyli ligation

Abstract

Chilothorax, a rare clinical condition characterized by high triglyceride white fluid in the thoracic cavity; when the literature is examined, it is seen because of trauma, malignancy, complication of surgery, and rarely central catheter-related thromboplasty. In the treatment, diet change, nutrition, drainage with tube thoracostomy, conservative method, surgical procedure with thoracotomy are applied.In our case there was no response to nutritional changes, drainage, thoracotomy and somatostatin treatments. Cisterna chyli ligation was performed with laparotomy. We present a case of spontaneous bilateral chylothorax associated with superior and inferior vena cava thrombosis (without central catheter relationship).

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Published

2021-04-28

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