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A case of congenital chylothorax treated by pleuroperitoneal drainage
H Hartmann1, M P Samuels, J P Noyes
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Keele, North Staffordshire Hospital Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
A congenital chylothorax that necessitated recurrent pleural taps was successfully treated by a pleuroperitoneal shunt that was inserted when the infant was 28 days old. Further thoracentesis was avoided and failure to thrive was overcome.