Back to Search
Start Over
Direct Percutaneous Needle Puncture and Intrapulmonary Lymphatic Embolization for Treatment of Chylothorax in a Patient with Lymphoma
- Source :
- 대한영상의학회지, Vol 81, Iss 5, Pp 1222-1226 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The Korean Society of Radiology, 2020.
-
Abstract
- Lymphoma is a common cause of nontraumatic chylothorax. Clinical success rates of thoracic duct embolization are lower in patients with nontraumatic chylothorax compared to patients with traumatic chylothorax. Herein, we report a case of nontraumatic chylothorax and lymphoma in a 77-year-old man managed with thoracic duct embolization. The chest tube drainage decreased but not was sufficient to enable removal of the chest tube. Therefore, a second embolization was performed through a direct puncture of the lymphatic mass in the lung, following which the chyle leakage ceased, and the chest tube was removed. The treatment strategy discussed in this report may be an effective therapeutic option for select patients with nontraumatic chylothorax.
- Subjects :
- lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:R895-920
Chylothorax
lymphatic system
lymphoma
embolization
medicine.disease
Lymphoma
therapeutic
Lymphatic system
chylothorax
medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiology
Embolization
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22882928 and 17382637
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 대한영상의학회지
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....60d8bf4834eaf66238392eba31ba4c1b