A 29-year-old woman with an intractable postoperative pleural effusion and pulmonary parenchymal opacification

Chest. 2012 Sep;142(3):791-796. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-1913.

Authors

Hong Ki Min¹, Jung Im Jung², Joon Seon Song³, Chan Kwon Park¹, Young Kyoon Kim¹, Ji Young Kang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
² Department of Radiology, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
³ Department of Clinical Pathology, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
⁴ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: rkdwldud@catholic.ac.kr.

PMID: 22948585
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1913

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chylothorax / diagnosis*
Chylothorax / epidemiology
Chylothorax / therapy
Female
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Lung / pathology
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / epidemiology
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / therapy
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / diagnosis*
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / epidemiology
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / therapy
Octreotide / therapeutic use
Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pleurodesis
Pneumothorax / pathology*
Pulmonary Edema / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Edema / epidemiology
Pulmonary Edema / therapy
Somatostatin / therapeutic use
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Somatostatin
Octreotide