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Eiji Nakajima1, Hiroji Iwata, Takushi Iwase
1Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. eiji1026@naa.att.ne.jp
Abstract:
Chylous fistulas in cases treated surgically for breast cancer only, are rare. We encountered four chylous fistula cases after breast cancer operations out of a total of 851 cases, all of which involved the left breast. Chylous fistulas were confirmed by axillary white fluid and were unrelated to obesity, surgical method or the area of axillary lymph node dissection. All four cases of chylous fistulas were successfully treated conservatively, with no special dietary control and no surgical treatment.