Iatrogenic chylothorax. Etiologic and therapeutic considerations, with presentation of two clinical cases

A case of mediastinal sclerosis after radiotherapy is presented as a curiosity in iatrogenic etiologies of chylothorax. After 7 weeks of conservative treatment, an operative pleurodesis was successful. In a second clinical case, the hazardous intra-thoracic coagulation of the chyle is illustrate. Etiology and therapeutic mangements of iatrogenic chylothorax in the literature are briefly reviewed.