Use of the Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt in the treatment of chylothorax secondary to filariasis. Issue 2 (February 1991)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kitchen, N D; Hocken, D B; Greenhalgh, R M; Kaplan, D K
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 46:Issue 2(1991)
• Page Start: 144
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 1991-02
• Subjects: Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thx.46.2.144
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract : A 57 year old woman developed a chylothorax as a result of having had filariasis as a child. This failed to respond to conservative measures but was successfully managed by means of a Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt.