chylothorax

Since the mechanism behind chylothorax is not well understood, treatment options are limited.

Injury to the lymphatic system can lead to postoperative chylothorax.

The medication octreotide has been shown to be beneficial and in some cases will stop the chylothorax after a few weeks.

In most cases, chylothorax should be managed conservatively.

While successful treatment has been demonstrated in case reports, larger studies have failed to demonstrate efficacy in treating chylothorax.

Rutin may have a veterinary use in the management of chylothorax in dogs and cats.

A chylothorax (or chyle leak) is a type of pleural effusion.

Dietary modification of chyle composition in chylothorax.

Management of spontaneous congenital chylothorax: oral medium-chain triglycerides versus total parenteral nutrition.

MCTs are also used for "milky urine" (chyluria) and a rare lung condition called chylothorax.

Major postoperative morbidity, including chylothorax, empyema, pneumonitis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, and bleeding was observed in eight patients.

Chyle (chylothorax)

Jalili F. Medium-chain triglycerides and total parenteral nutrition in the management of infants with congenital chylothorax.

In addition, because of persistent chylothorax, he underwent decortication of the right lung and oversewing of the thoracic duct.

When the thoracic duct is blocked or damaged a large amount of lymph can quickly accumulate in the pleural cavity, this situation is called chylothorax.

The main cause for chylothorax is rupture of the thoracic duct, most frequently as a result of trauma or malignancy (such as lymphoma).

After joining Arkansas State in 2001 as a walk-on, O'Neal was diagnosed with chylothorax and subsequently had part of his lung removed.

Taking MCTs by mouth or intravenously (by IV) might prevent malnutrition and a weakened ability to fight infection in children and adults with chylothorax.

Christophe A, Matthys F, Verdonk G. Chylous-fluid triglycerides and lipoproteins in a patient with chylothorax put on a diet of butter or medium-chain triglyceride [proceeedings].

If not corrected through surgery, chylothorax can ultimately cause fibrosing pleuritis, or a hardening of the organs, due to scar tissue forming around the organs to protect them from the chyle fluid.

Other rare local complications of injection sclerotherapy include perforation of the thoracic duct with the development of a massive chylothorax, oesophageal perforation, and broncho-oesophageal fistula from delayed oesophageal necrosis.

Afghan hounds are also among the dog breeds most likely to develop chylothorax, a rare condition which causes the thoracic ducts to leak, allowing large quantities of chyle fluid to enter the dog's chest cavity.

A chyle fistula is a leakage of lymphatic fluid from the lymphatic vessels, typically accumulating in the thoracic or abdominal cavities, possibly leading to a chylothorax or chylous ascites, respectively.

The accumulations are described based on location: chylothorax is chyle in the chest; chylopericardium is chyle trapped inside the sack surrounding the heart; chyloascites is chyle trapped in the linings of the abdomen and abdominal organs.

Several studies have reported beneficial effects of antiestrogen hormone therapies for LAM, but careful scrutiny of some of these studies reveals that the treatment improved the chylothorax or chylous ascites, whereas pulmonary involvement seemed to remain stationary or to progress.