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Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer

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Late-onset chylothorax occurred 49 days after right lower lobectomy for lung cancer in a 76-year-old man. Chylothorax was successfully managed by conservative treatment with chest tube drainage and an enteral low-fat diet. Chylothorax may occur in the late period after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer, for which conservative management is the treatment of choice.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Gunma, Japan

    Kimihiro Shimizu MD, Yoshimi Otani MD, Takashi Ibe MD, Osamu Kawashima MD, Mituhiro Kamiyoshihara MD & Yasuo Morishita MD

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Shimizu, K., Otani, Y., Ibe, T. et al. Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 53, 39–41 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-005-1007-5

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