Publication: Congenital Chylothorax as a Cause of Non Immune Hydrops: A Case Report
Date
2022
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 89 - 91
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Chylothorax is a rare cause of non immune hydrops fetalis & presents with respiratory distress at birth. We present a late preterm diagnosed antenatally as hydrops with chylothorax with bilateral pleural effusion and respiratory distress at birth requiring mechanical ventilation. Baby was managed successfully with intercostal drainage, octreotide infusion & MCT milk formula.
Description
Sunita Arora
Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Gursharn Singh Narang
Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Anmol Kaur
Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Taranjeet Kaur
Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Keywords
chylothorax, pleural effusion, non immune hydopes fetalis, MCT milk powder, octreotide