ALLMedicine™ Chylothorax Center

Mar 25th, 2023 - Congenital lymphatic anomalies (LAs) arise due to defects in lymphatic development and often present in utero as pleural effusion, chylothorax, nuchal and soft tissue edema, ascites, or hydrops. Many LAs are caused by single nucleotide variants wh...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - It is well known that the best nutritional option for infants is human milk, and that when breastfeeding is not possible, human milk banks are a possible alternative. However, in the case of infants with fat transport disorder like chylothorax, de...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Neoadjuvant therapy and minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) are widely used in the comprehensive treatment of esophageal cancer. This study aimed to investigate the advantages of MIE for esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy. Published cl...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Chyle leaks of any source or type can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Attention to the anatomy and physiology of the leak, followed by stepwise dietary and pharmacologic management, obviates the need for surgical intervention in a major...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Background: To determine the role of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography (DCMRL) in the management of postoperative chylothorax after lung cancer surgery. Methods and Results: Between July 2017 and November 2021, patients...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Disorders of lymphatic function are associated with multiple presentations, the most common of which is lymphedema, a chronic swelling of the extremities, due to impaired lymphatic drainage. It can cause disability and a predisposition to infectio...

Jan 13th, 2023 - This study aimed to investigate whether octreotide, a medication used off-label to treat chylothorax, has a direct effect on human lymphatic drainage. Chylothorax is a condition in which there is an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the chest cav...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Introduction Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a multisystemic autosomal dominant disease , that is characterized by the development of histologically benign neoplasms in brain, kidney, lung, skin, heart and eyes, as well as by central nervous s...

Jan 19th, 2022 - A fetal hydrops, also called a fetal anasarca, is the buildup of fluid in the serosa and / or fetal subcutaneous tissue. The diagnosis is made by ultrasound, possibly from the first trimester of pregnancy. The etiologies of hydrops can be immune o...

Nov 8th, 2021 - Summary Surgical treatment of lung cancer consists of two elements: anatomical lung resection (segmentectomy, lobectomy or pneumonectomy) followed by mediastinal lymph node sampling (MLNS) or mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLND). Since over la...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens were not found to increase the risk for perioperative complications in patients who have potentially resectable advanced thoracic esophageal cancer, according to data from the phase 3 JCOG 1109 trial that were vir...

Jan 17th, 2020 - Alfred Soffer Research Award Winners Johnathan Chung: EVALUATING CLINICAL UTILITY OF A UIP GENOMIC CLASSIFIER IN SUBJECTS WITH AND WITHOUT A HRCT PATTERN OF UIP Girish Nair, MD: QUANTITATIVE LUNG FUNCTION IMAGING USING NOVEL INTEGRATED JACOBIAN VE.

Dec 1st, 2017 - Kaposi sarcoma is an angioproliferative tumor that is associated with human herpes virus-B (HIV-B). Mucocutaneous disease is the most common site for manifestation of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, commonly affecting the lower extremeties, oral muco.

Jun 29th, 2017 - Kaposi sarcoma is an angioproliferative tumor that is associated with human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8). Mucocutaneous disease is the most common site for manifestation of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, commonly affecting the lower extremities, oral muco.

Jan 11th, 2017 - To the Editor: RASopathies, a class of developmental disorders, are caused by mutations in genes that encode protein components of the RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Each syndrome exhibits its phenotypic features; however, be.