Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
- Volume 45 Issue 5
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- Pages.1082-1086
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- 1998
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- 1738-3536(pISSN)
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- 2005-6184(eISSN)
A Case of Idiopathic Bilateral Chylothorax Treated by Conservative Approach
보존적 치료에 의하여 완치된 양측성 특발성 유미흉 1례
- Han, Sang-Gil (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Heo, Jung-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Lee, Kyung-Il (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Kim, Hyung-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Pai, Young-Mok (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Whang, Young-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital) ;
- Yeo, Dong-Seung (Department of Internal Medicine, Dae Dong Hospital)
- 한상길 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 허정호 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 이경일 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 김형진 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 배용목 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 황영훈 (부산 대동병원 내과) ;
- 여동승 (부산 대동병원 내과)
- Published : 1998.10.30
Abstract
Chylothorax is a debilitating condition to the point of threatening life. Diagnosis and subsequent management present significant problems for the clinician, and the adverse effects of chyle loss on nutrition status and immune function result in devastating consequences for the patient, propmpt diagnosis is essential to institute an effective therapeutic regimen. we reported a patient of idiopathic bilateral chylothorax treated by conservative approach with review of literatures.
저자들은 양측성으로 흉수가 발생된 82세 여자 환자에서 흉수천자, Chest CT를 시행하여 진단된 양측성 특발성 유미흉 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.