Thoracic lymphangiomatosis in a child
Thoracic lymphangiomatosis in a child
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DOI:
10.1097/00043426-200402000-00018
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发表时间:
2004-02-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Zuppan, CW
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作者:
Alvarez, OA;Kjellin, I;Zuppan, CW
An 8-year-old boy who presented with a mediastinal mass, pulmonary infiltrates, and disseminated intravascular coagulation was diagnosed with lymphangiomatosis. Despite medical management, he developed multiple organ failure and died. The authors discuss the diagnostic findings, medical management, and pathology and review 52 additional cases of thoracic lymphangiomatosis from the literature. Patients presented with chylothorax (49%), a mass (47%), pulmonary infiltrates (45%), bone lesions (39%), splenic lesions (19%), cervical involvement (15%), disseminated intravascular coagulation (9%), and skin involvement (7%). Children (