Volume 195 - Issue 7
Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child
Authors: Manuel E Soto-Martinez, Vanessa Clifford, Tom Clarnette, Sarath Ranganathan and R John Massie
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 415. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04129.x
Published online: 3 October 2011
Published online: 3 October 2011
Cause of chylothorax: In “Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child” in the 2 March 2009 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2009; 190: 262-264), the cause of chylothorax was unknown, but attributed to strenuous vomiting. Additional information has become available and trauma is now thought to have been the cause. In a child, this raises the possibility of non-accidental injury. Further details are published in this issue of the Journal (See Soto-Martinez et al).