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A 5-year-old boy developed two episodes of massive chylothorax due to a huge bilateral diaphragmatic lymphangioma. Two episodes of chylothorax were well controlled only after parenternal octreotide. The lymphangioma showed more than 90% shrinkage after intralesional sclerotherapy with bleomycin.
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Ming, YC., Wong, KS., Wang, CJ. et al. Successful management of a bilateral diaphragmatic lymphangioma. Pediatr Surg Int 23, 591–593 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-006-1811-8
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