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Bilateral chylothorax following thymectomy: resolution following unilateral drainage
S Flaherty1, R Ellison, B A Grishkin
1Thoracic Surgery Service, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA 30905.
Military Medicine
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
Chylothorax is a rare complication of thymectomy. Following thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, our patient developed bilateral chylous pleural effusions. The presence of a "mediastinal window" allowed adequate drainage with a unilateral chest tube.