Massive fetal chylothorax successfully treated with postnatal talc pleurodesis: A case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Maggie M. Hodges (Author), Timothy M. Crombleholme (Author), Mariana Meyers (Author), Ann Kulungowski (Author), Ahmed I. Marwan (Author), Taizo Nakano (Author), Nicholas Behrendt (Author), Kenneth W. Liechty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the rapid advances in fetal medicine and pediatric surgery, congenital chylothoraces have an associated mortality of 22-65% and an increased morbidity resulting from pulmonary hypoplasia, severe infections secondary to immune globulin deficiencies, protein malnutrition, and coagulopathy. Whi...