Chylothorax after closure of a patent ductus arteriosus.

From the Children's Hospital, Birmingham Traumatic chylothorax has occurred after nearly every intrathoracic operation If malignant disease and its operations are excluded, it is most common after splanchnicectomy It is uncommon after ligation or transection of the ductus arteriosus, and few cases have been reported in the literature (Baffes and Potts, 1954; Vandecasteele and Soots, 1961).