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Nutritional management of chylous leakage following surgery for high-risk neuroblastoma in a toddler: a case report

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Fig. 1: Output leakage trend during the hospitalization.

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  1. Clinical Nutrition Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    Amanda Casirati, Giulia Mulazzani & Serena Della Valle

  2. Paediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    Roberto Luksch

  3. Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    Carlo Morosi

  4. Urologic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    Davide Biasoni

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Conceptualization: AC; Methodology: AC; Validation: AC, GM, RL, CM, DB, SDV; Formal analysis: AC, CM; Writing–original draft preparation: AC; Writing–review and editing: AC, GM, RL, CM, DB, SDV; Supervision: SDV. We thank Dr. Luca Pio for reviewing the manuscript.

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Casirati, A., Mulazzani, G., Luksch, R. et al. Nutritional management of chylous leakage following surgery for high-risk neuroblastoma in a toddler: a case report. Eur J Clin Nutr 76, 626–628 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-021-00988-1

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