Effectiveness of somatostatin in the conservative management of chylothorax

Dogan R., Demircin M., Dogan O., Oc M., Kuzgun E.

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, cilt.46, sa.3, ss.262-264, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.262-264
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chylothorax, Modified Blalock-Taussing shunt, Pleural decortication, Somatostatin, Thoracic duct
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chylothorax is a rare but potentially serious and well recognized cause of pleural effusion. Chylothorax commonly occurs following general thoracic and cardiac procedures. Additionally it sometimes develops secondary to non-surgical trauma, i.e. weight lifting. Here we report two additional cases with chylothorax. Somatostatin was added to conservative treatment protocol to increase effectiveness of therapy in both cases. Although the first case required surgical intervention, we avoided any surgical procedure in the second patient with conservative management combined with somatostatin.