Chylothorax
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Presentation
was changed:
Post-op-operative status of a thoraco-abdominal aorta aneurysm repair.
Age
changed from 85 to 85 years.
Body
was changed:
Chylothorax is suspected on clinical grounds, as in this patient. Pleural puncture and pleural fluid analysis confirmed the diagnosis.
-<p>Chylothorax is suspected on clinical grounds, as in this patient. Pleural puncture and pleural fluid analysis confirmed the diagnosis.</p><p> </p>- +<p>Chylothorax is suspected on clinical grounds, as in this patient. Pleural puncture and pleural fluid analysis confirmed the diagnosis.</p>
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
was changed:
There is a moderate left pleural effusionseffusion of water density (around 11 HU), which is a non specific-specific finding in this post-op-operative patient. However, the effusion is strangely wavy instead of having the usual crescent shape. This does not necessarily correlate with chylothorax, but it makes us more suspicious of the diagnosis in the context of a possible per-operative thoracic duct laceration.
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