미만성 페림프관종증과 동반된 양측성유미흉 -수술치험 1례 보고-

Abstract

Chylothorax is denned by extravasation of the milky fluid to pleural cavity from the thoracic duct or it's main branches due to operative trauma, congenital lesions, diagnostic procedures, tumor, etc. Another rare cause is diffuse pulmonary Iymphangiomatosis which is uncommon and not well charact rized. We experienced a case of the bilateral chylothorax caused by the diffuse pulmonary Iymphangiomatosis. The patient was at years old girl with symptoms of coughing and febrile sensation, and the chest radiographs showed bilateral pleural effusion and interstitial infiltrates. The laboratory data of the pleural effusion was identified as chile. Uncontrollable with closed tube thoracostomy, division of tHe thoracic duct and biopsy were decided. Biopsy showed anastomosing endothelial lined spaces along the pulmonary Iymphatic routes especially in pleural and interlobar septum, and smooth muscle at the proliferative interstitium of the Iymphatic duct was observed. Postoperatively, chylothorax was controlled with several trial of chemical pleurodesis. Af'leer discharge from the hospital, she was well for ten months follow up.

유미흉이란 유미액이 유출되는 현상이다. 그리고 드물게 미만성 폐림프관종증도유미흥을유발하나 이에 대해서는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 본 교실에서는 유미흥을 동반한미만성 폐림프관종증을경험하였기에 보고하는바이다. 환자는 3세된 여자로 기 침과 발열감을 주소로 내원하였다. 단순 흉부 될영상 양측성 흥막 유출 소견과 간질성 침윤 소견을 보였다. 검사실 소견상흥막 유출은유미액으로밝혀 졌으며,폐쇄식 흥강내 삽관술로조절되지않아흥관결찰술을시행하였다. 병리 조직 검사상흥막과 소엽간중격에서 림프관을따라내퍼세포들이 연결되어 있었으며 림프관이 증식된간질부위에평활근조직을관찰할수있었다. 술후, 수차례의 화학적 홍막 유착술을 시행하여 유미흥을 치료하였으며 환자는 퇴원후 10개월동안 특별한 문제없이 잘 지내고 있다.