Pulmonary Lymphatic Disorders

Evaluation of Clinical Findings in Children with Chylothorax: A Descriptive Study

Halime Nayir Büyükşahin, Nagehan Emiralioğlu, H. Nursun Özcan, Birce Sunman, İsmail Güzelkaş, Didem Alboğa, Meltem Akgül Erdal, Tezer Kutluk, Nilgün Kurucu, Ebru Yalçın, Deniz Doğru, Ugur Özçelik, Nural KiperHacettepe University School of Medicine and Ihsan Dogramaci Children’s Hospital. Hacettepe University Cancer Institute.Turkey Turkish Archives of PediatricsTurk Arch Pediatr 2023; 58: 28-33DOI: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2022.22182 AbstractObjective: Chylothorax refers to the […]

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Propranolol Therapy for Congenital Chylothorax

Roxane Handel-Orefice, Bevin Midura, June K. Wu, Elvira Parravicini, Russell S. Miller, Carrie J. ShawberColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s HospitalUnited States PediatricsPediatrics 2023; 151: DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-058555 AbstractCongenital chylothorax is a rare and often severe anomaly without well-established medical therapies. Previously, propranolol use in patients with lymphatic malformations

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Prediction Model with External Validation for Early Detection of Postoperative Pediatric Chylothorax

Rohin Moza, Melissa Winder, Gregory T. Adamson, Zhining Ou, Angela P. Presson, Senthuran Vijayarajah, Stephanie A. Goldstein, David K. BaillyPrimary Children’s Hospital and University of Utah.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-03034-4 AbstractEarlier diagnosis of chylothorax following pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with decreased duration of chylothorax. Pleural fluid testing is used to diagnosis chylothorax

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Octreotide for Acquired Chylothorax in Pediatric Patients Post-Cardiothoracic Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review

Alan C. Jenkinson, Jonathan McGuinness, Terence PrendivilleChildren’s Heart Centre and Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin. Ireland Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; 44: 297-305DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-03024-6 AbstractChylothorax is a life-threatening complication post-corrective congenital heart surgery. Octreotide is used for treatment of refractory chylothoraces, with no standardized treatment protocol and a paucity of literature describing its efficacy. Our aim was

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Diagnosis and treatment of diffuse pulmonary lymphangioma in children: A case report

Xiaopu Sun, Chengyu Lu, Zhanhang Huang, Jiaxing Xu, Huiyi Zhu, Sen Yang, Deihui ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.China Experimental and Therapeutic MedicineExp Ther Med 2023; 25: DOI: 10.3892/etm.2023.11874 AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of diffuse pulmonary lymphangioma (DPL) in children to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

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Hyperoxia Disrupts Lung Lymphatic Homeostasis in Neonatal Mice

Nithyapriya Shankar, Shyam Thapa, Amrit Kumar Shrestha, Poonam Sarkar, M. Waleed Gaber, Roberto Barrios, Binoy ShivannaTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Houston Methodist Hospital.United States AntioxidantsAntioxidants 2023; DOI: 10.3390/antiox12030620 AbstractInflammation causes bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a common lung disease of preterm infants. One reason this disease lacks specific therapies is the paucity of information on

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Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography and Lymphatic Interventions for Pediatric Patients with Various Lymphatic Diseases

Yura Ahn, Hyun Jung Koo, Hee Mang Yoon, Jooae Choe, Eun-Young Joo, Myung-Hee Song, Dong Hyun Yang, Joon-Won Kang, Ji Hoon ShinAsan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Lymphatic Research and BiologyLymphat Res Biol 2023; 21: 141-151DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2021.0106 AbstractBackground: To demonstrate the magnetic resonance lymphangiography (MRL) imaging findings of lymphatic diseases and

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Pulmonary lymphangiectasia in myotubular myopathy: a novel unrecognized association?

Gabriela de Carvalho Nunes, Karl Grenier, Chelsea Maedler Kron, Thomas Kitzler, Janine El Helou, David S. Rosenblatt, Francois OlivierMcGill University Health Centre. Jewish General Hospital.Canada Neuromuscular DisordersNeuromuscul Disord 2022; 32: 512-515DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2022.04.010 AbstractChylothorax has been reported in rare cases of X-linked myotubular myopathy, but the pathophysiology of this association is not fully understood. We report a

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