Taki Yusuke, Sato Shinsuke, Suzuki Katsunori, Nagai Erina, Watanabe Masaya, Shishido Yuichiro, Nakajima Nobuaki, Takagi Masakazu
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita Ando Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, 420-8527, Japan.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka City, Japan.
Surg Case Rep. 2019 Jan 3;5(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s40792-018-0560-y.
Lymphography with Lipiodol is useful for chylothorax. There were many slight complications, but reports of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after lymphography were few.
A 75-year-old man with esophageal cancer developed chylothorax after esophagectomy. Conservative treatment was ineffective, and he underwent lymphography with 8.5 mL of Lipiodol. He developed a high fever soon after lymphography, followed by severe ARDS requiring artificial respiration 5 days later. He recovered from ARDS but subsequently developed pulmonary fibrosis and was discharged with domiciliary oxygen therapy 3 months later.
Although ARDS is a rare complication of lymphography with Lipiodol, this procedure should be applied carefully in patients with chylothorax.
碘油淋巴造影对乳糜胸有诊断价值。该检查存在许多轻微并发症,但碘油淋巴造影后发生急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)的报道较少。
一名75岁食管癌男性患者在食管切除术后发生乳糜胸。保守治疗无效后,他接受了8.5毫升碘油的淋巴造影检查。淋巴造影后不久他出现高热,5天后发展为严重ARDS,需要进行人工呼吸。他从ARDS中康复,但随后出现肺纤维化,3个月后接受家庭氧疗出院。
尽管ARDS是碘油淋巴造影的罕见并发症,但对于乳糜胸患者,应谨慎应用该检查。