Congenital chylothorax
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| Three bottles of chyle drained from a chylothorax
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| Specialty | Respiratory medicine |
| Symptoms | None, breathlessness |
| Complications | Dehydration, malnutrition, abnormal electrolyte levels, weakened immune system
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| Types | Low output, high output |
| Causes | Complication of surgery, trauma, cancer, infections, lymph vessel abnormalities
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| Diagnosis | X-ray, CT scan, thoracic MRI, fluid sampling
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| Treatment | Removing fat from the diet, decreasing lymph flow, chest tube, surgery |
| Medication | Octreotide, midodrine, and sirolimus |
| Prognosis | ~10% risk of death
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Chylothorax that is present at birth.
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