Quilotórax congénito: Reporte de un caso. (Spanish)

Congenital chylothorax is the main cause of pleural effusion in the newborns. The diagnosis can be established in the intrauterine period by ultrasonographic study. This report is about a newborn child with the prenatal diagnosis of congenital chylothorax, as soon as he was born needed mechanical ventilation, a cannula installation in the right pleural and a closed drainage in the left pleura. He was treated by parenteral nutrition and the administration of octreotide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El quilotórax congénito es la causa principal del derrame pleural en los neonatos y su diagnóstico se puede hacer por ultrasonografía desde la etapa intrauterina. En esta comunicación se relata el caso de un niño con este diagnóstico y del manejo médico-quirúrgico que recibió durante su estancia hospitalaria hasta su egreso del hospital. Este caso se presenta por su baja incidencia y para enfatizar acerca de los recursos actuales para su tratamiento. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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