RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chylothorax secondary to obstruction of the superior vena cava: a complication of the LeVeen shunt.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 978
OP 979
DO 10.1136/thx.45.12.978
VO 45
IS 12
A1 W H Warren
A1 J S Altman
A1 S A Gregory
YR 1990
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/45/12/978.abstract
AB A case of thrombosis of the superior vena cava was complicated by bilateral chylothoraces and a widened mediastinum. Removal of a clotted LeVeen shunt led to prompt resolution of the obstruction and chylothoraces.