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Front Oncol
January 2025
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Gansu Provincial Cancer Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Purpose: Investigating the diagnosis and treatment of bilateral Chylothorax after neck lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer.
Methods: The clinical data of a patient with bilateral chylothorax after neck lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer were retrospectively analyzed, and the relevant literature was reviewed.
Results: The patient underwent a total thyroidectomy and left neck lymph node dissection, with no evidence of lymph fluid leakage observed during the operation.
Medicine (Baltimore)
January 2025
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Rationale: Chylothorax is a rare adverse effect that is associated with dasatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor administered for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment. Most reported cases have described standard dosing. In this case report, we described a 43-year-old male patient with CML who developed chylothorax after 4 years of low-dose dasatinib therapy.
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January 2025
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Central Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Chylothorax is accumulated lymphatic fluid in the pleural space. It rarely happens in end-stage renal illness patients, but possible causes are hospital-related. This case describes a 40-year-old man experiencing unilateral chylothorax after a kidney transplant.
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December 2024
Thoracic Surgery Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Gorham-Scout disease (GSD) is a rare skeletal disorder of unknown etiology characterized by progressive osteolysis and excessive lymphovascular proliferation. Chylothorax is a life-threatening complication. A teenager presented with a left pleural effusion on a background of chronic flank collection secondary to lymphovascular malformation.
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