A CASE OF CHYLOUS FISTULA FOLLOWING DISSECTION OF THE AXILLARY LYMPH NODES DURING BREAST CANCER SURGERY

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  • KAWAHARA Futoshi
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
  • UEJIMA Tomoko
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
  • TSUCHIYA Kyouko
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
  • SHIMO Arata
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
  • YABUKI Yukari
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
  • FUKUDA Mamoru
    Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine

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  • 右乳癌に対する腋窩リンパ節郭清術後に認めた乳靡漏の１例

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A patient developed a right-sided chylous fistula after axillary lymph node dissection. The 63-year-old woman developed a painful right breast lump. The patient had preoperative chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy along with a lymph node dissection (level I, II, III nodes). On the 2nd postoperative day (POD), a milky fluid discharge was noted from the axillary drain. A chylous fistula was diagnosed, and the patient was treated conservatively ; oral feeding was stopped, and total parental nutrition was started. The milky white discharged ceased promptly. However, a clear fluid discharge was observed after the ingestion of a low fat diet. By the 13th POD, this discharge no longer occurred. The patient was discharged on the 14th POD.

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