Acute pancreatitis after thoracic duct ligation for iatrogenic chylothorax. A case report

Bedat, Benoît; Scarpa, Cosimo Riccardo; Sadowski Veuthey, Mercedes Samira Doris; Triponez, Frédéric; Karenovics, Wolfram

doi:10.1186/s12893-017-0204-3

Scientific article

Case report

English

Acute pancreatitis after thoracic duct ligation for iatrogenic chylothorax. A case report

ContributorsBedat, Benoît; Scarpa, Cosimo Riccardo; Sadowski Veuthey, Mercedes Samira Doris; Triponez, Frédéric; Karenovics, Wolfram

Published inBMC surgery, vol. 17, no. 1, 9

Publication date2017

Abstract

To report the association between thoracic duct ligation and acute pancreatitis. The association between sudden stop of lymphatic flow and pancreatitis has been established in experimental models.

Keywords

Acute pancreatitis
Case report
Iatrogenic chylothorax
Thoracic duct ligation
Thoracic surgery
Thymoma

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

Cancer du poumon et mésothéliome pleural malin (944)

Citation (ISO format)

BEDAT, Benoît et al. Acute pancreatitis after thoracic duct ligation for iatrogenic chylothorax. A case report. In: BMC surgery, 2017, vol. 17, n° 1, p. 9. doi: 10.1186/s12893-017-0204-3

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PID : unige:93677
DOI : 10.1186/s12893-017-0204-3
PMID : 28114912

Journal ISSN1471-2482

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Acute pancreatitis after thoracic duct ligation for iatrogenic chylothorax. A case report

To report the association between thoracic duct ligation and acute pancreatitis. The association between sudden stop of lymphatic flow and pancreatitis has been established in experimental models.

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