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Pages 492-494 (1 November 2000)
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Vol. 53. Issue 5.
Pages 492-494 (1 November 2000)
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Quilotórax iatrogénico: una complicación del tubo de drenaje pleural
Iatrogenic chylothorax – a chest tube complication
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A. Sebastião Porto
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Correspondencia: Praça Getúlio Vargas, 163/201. CEP 37130-000. Alfenas, MG, Brasil.
, F.C. Ocáriz Bazzano, A. Henrique Paiva, L.A. Marti Traver, S.R. Celeste Henriques
Servicios de Cirugía y Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Alzira Velano. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Universidad de Alfenas. Brasil
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Se expone el caso de un niño en el cual el tubo de drenaje pleural provocó un quilotórax iatrogénico. En la revisión de la literatura médica se encuentran publicados sólo 2 casos clínicos semejantes, y sólo uno de ellos puede compararse con nuestro caso. La anatomía topográfica del conducto torácico coincide con las lesiones encontradas en ambos pacientes. Se cree que estos accidentes son consecuencia de la fragilidad patológica de la pleura frente a fenestraciones o puntas afiladas y rígidas de los catéteres empleados para los drenajes.

Palabras clave:
Quilotórax iatrogénico
Drenaje pleural
Complicación quirúrgica
Conducto torácico

We report the case of a male child in whom a chest tube developed into an iatrogenic chylothorax. Two similar cases have been reported in the literature, only one of them being similar to the present case. In both patients the anatomic topography of the thoracic duct coincided with the tube-induced injuries. We believe that such accidents are caused by pathological weakness of the pleura when in contact with the rigidity and sharp-edged points of the chest tubes.

Key words:
Iatrogenic chylothorax
Chest tube complication
Surgical complication
Thoracic duct
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