Table 2. Published Case Reports of Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Chylothorax Secondary to Malignancy.

CLL = chronic lymphocytic leukemia; HL = Hodgkin's lymphoma; HN = head and neck; LN = lymph node; NHL = non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Study	Age (sex)	Diagnosis	Effusion	Radiotherapy Dose            (# = fractions)	Outcome
Ampil [11]	74 F	CLL	Left	1,000 cGy in 5# to the mediastinum	Resolved at 6 weeks
Cigarral [12]	58 M	Metastatic prostate cancer pelvic LN, retroperitoneum, mediastinum, HN	Bilateral	3,000 cGy in 10#	Patient condition deteriorated and radiation was not completed
Daly [13]	42 M	Stage IV NHL, mediastinal mass	Left	3,000 cGy in 10#	Resolution after 6 fractions. No re-accumulation at 3 months.
Gerstein [10]	45 F	Stage IVA follicular lymphoma, celiac trunk	Bilateral Right > Left	1,500 cGy in 10# with a boost of 540 cGy in 3#	Improvement after 5 fractions; resolution at the end of radiotherapy. No re-accumulation at 16 months.
Heaton [14]	70 F	Anaplastic carcinoma, mediastinum	Right	4,000 cGy	Resolution at the end of radiotherapy.  No re-accumulation at 2.5 years.
Janjetovic [15]	28 M	Stage IIA HL, mediastinal mass	Left	3,000 cGy	Significant regression at the end of radiotherapy.
Little [16]	66 M	Metastatic prostate cancer, lungs, supraclavicular LN	Left	4,400 cGy to the mediastinum and left supraclavicular LN	Resolved and controlled at 5 months.
Scholz [17]	65 M	CLL	Right	2,400 cGy to the mediastinum and thoracic duct	Persisted at 8 weeks.
Swenson [18]	28 M	Lymphosarcoma, abdomen	Bilateral	3,150 rads in 25#	Resolution at the end of radiotherapy
	48 M	Lymphosarcoma, abdomen	Left	3,850 rads in 25#	Resolution mid-way through radiotherapy. No re-accumulation at 3 months
Tan [19]	53 M	Stage IV NHL with concurrent tuberculosis	Bilateral	Mediastinal radiation	Persisted for 57 days
Van De Voorde [20]	63 F	Stage IIE follicular lymphoma, celiac trunk	Right	400 cGy in 2#	Resolution at the end of radiotherapy. No re-accumulation at 6 months
Zimhony [21]	81 F	CLL	Left	2,100 cGy to the mediastinum	Persisted