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Observations on Its Pathogenesis and Management Based on Study of Five Cases

RICHARD H. MEADE, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;90(1):30-36.

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CHYLOTHORAX is still a relatively rare condition, but, since Lampson in 1946 successfully treated a patient with this condition by intrathoracic ligation of the thoracic duct, it has been shown that chylothorax in itself should never be fatal. Many excellent articles on the subject of traumatic chylothorax have appeared in recent years. When Lampson¹ published his article in 1948, he had been able to collect reports on only 58 cases of traumatic chylothorax from the world's literature. More cases due to malignant disease and vascular disturbances have been reported, but very few cases of so-called spontaneous origin have been recorded. As I have observed five cases of the last type in the past four years, and these have shown a striking similarity in etiological factors, it seems worth while to present them and to discuss their pathogenesis and management.

That chylothorax occurs without any previous obvious injury is well . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Footnotes
Read before the meeting of the Chicago Surgical Society, Nov. 2, 1951.

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