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Lymphothorax

An unusual complication of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

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Fine-needle percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography has proven to be a useful procedure in the differential diagnosis of jaundice. It is generally considered to be a simple and safe technique, but because of its frequent use new complications continue to be reported.

This paper describes an unusual lymphothorax of the right side in a middle-aged female. The pleural effusion that developed after the procedure required 48 thoracenteses, and reached a total amount of 56,480 ml during a 218-day period. The lymphothorax was finally controlled by suturing a tiny pinhole on a dilated lymphatic channel on the upper right lateral surface of the diaphragm.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-cho, 480-11, Aichi, Japan

    S. Yamamoto MD, T. Watanabe MD, S. Suzuki MD, H. Fukushima MD & Y. Takaesu MD

  2. Tokoname city Hospital, Aichi, Japan

    S. Yamamoto MD, T. Watanabe MD, S. Suzuki MD, H. Fukushima MD & Y. Takaesu MD

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Yamamoto, S., Watanabe, T., Suzuki, S. et al. Lymphothorax. Digest Dis Sci 25, 302–306 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308522

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