Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax
Congenital chylothorax, the accumulation of lymph in the pleural space, is a rare and serious condition that can appear alone or accompany congenital anomalies. Ultrasonography and pleural fluid analysis can diagnose it early from the fetal period. Both prenatal and postnatal therapeutic interventi...
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| author | Valentin Varlas Vlad Dima Roxana Georgiana Bors |
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| description | Congenital chylothorax, the accumulation of lymph in the pleural space, is a rare and serious condition that can appear alone or accompany congenital anomalies. Ultrasonography and pleural fluid analysis can diagnose it early from the fetal
period. Both prenatal and postnatal therapeutic interventions improve the fetal prognosis and decrease the rate of complications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a935a4148401436cbf066508ecdfb5f02023-06-13T09:16:07ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Pediatrics1454-03982069-61752022-12-0171415716010.37897/RJP.2022.4.1Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothoraxValentin Varlas0Vlad Dima1Roxana Georgiana Bors2Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; ”Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaFilantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaFilantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaCongenital chylothorax, the accumulation of lymph in the pleural space, is a rare and serious condition that can appear alone or accompany congenital anomalies. Ultrasonography and pleural fluid analysis can diagnose it early from the fetal period. Both prenatal and postnatal therapeutic interventions improve the fetal prognosis and decrease the rate of complications.https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2022.4/RJP_2022_4_Art-01.pdfpleural effusionfetal hydrothoraxchylothoraxlymph |
| spellingShingle | Valentin Varlas Vlad Dima Roxana Georgiana Bors Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax Romanian Journal of Pediatrics pleural effusion fetal hydrothorax chylothorax lymph |
| title | Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| title_full | Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| title_short | Diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| title_sort | diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax |
| topic | pleural effusion fetal hydrothorax chylothorax lymph |
| url | https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2022.4/RJP_2022_4_Art-01.pdf |
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