Successful treatment of severe fetal chylothorax resistant to repeated pleuroamniotic shunting by OK-432 pleurodesis

T K Lo; W L Lau; Y Y Lam; M H Y Tang; T Y Leung; W C Leung

doi:10.1159/000336125

Successful treatment of severe fetal chylothorax resistant to repeated pleuroamniotic shunting by OK-432 pleurodesis

Fetal Diagn Ther. 2012;31(4):260-3. doi: 10.1159/000336125. Epub 2012 Feb 29.

Authors

T K Lo¹, W L Lau, Y Y Lam, M H Y Tang, T Y Leung, W C Leung

Affiliation

¹ Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, China. lo_tsz_kin@ yahoo.com.hk

PMID: 22378239
DOI: 10.1159/000336125

Abstract

We report the first case of successful fetal pleurodesis with OK-432 for recurrent severe fetal primary chylothorax after failing repeated pleuroamniotic shunting. Shunting and pleurodesis could be complementary to each other in the treatment of fetal chylothorax.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amniotic Fluid
Chylothorax / diagnosis
Chylothorax / drug therapy*
Chylothorax / embryology*
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnosis
Fetal Diseases / drug therapy*
Gestational Age
Humans
Picibanil / administration & dosage*
Pleurodesis / methods*
Pregnancy
Recurrence
Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Substances

Picibanil