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. 1991 Feb;46(2):144–145. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.2.144

Use of the Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt in the treatment of chylothorax secondary to filariasis.

N D Kitchen 1, D B Hocken 1, R M Greenhalgh 1, D K Kaplan 1
PMCID: PMC462983  PMID: 2014498

Abstract

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.

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