Images in cardiovascular medicine. Fatal pulmonary lymphangiectasia manifesting after repeated surgeries for intractable chylopericardium and chylothorax in a 20-month-old girl

Circulation. 2008 Apr 8;117(14):1894-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.728113.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chylothorax / etiology
  • Chylothorax / surgery*
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Failure to Thrive / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Hearing Loss, Bilateral
  • Hemangioma, Capillary
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lung Diseases / complications
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphangiectasis / complications
  • Lymphangiectasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphatic System / abnormalities*
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology
  • Pericardial Effusion / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology