TY - JOUR T1 - Use of the Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt in the treatment of chylothorax secondary to filariasis. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 144 LP - 145 DO - 10.1136/thx.46.2.144 VL - 46 IS - 2 AU - N D Kitchen AU - D B Hocken AU - R M Greenhalgh AU - D K Kaplan Y1 - 1991/02/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/46/2/144.abstract N2 - A 57 year old woman developed a chylothorax as a result of having had filariasis as a child. This failed to respond to conservative measures but was successfully managed by means of a Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt. ER -