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Bilateral chylothorax occured after left supraclavicular dissection.. A, no obvious abnormalities are present on the preoperative chest X-ray. B, on the fourth day postoperation, chest X-ray shows medium, bilateral pleural effusions, accompanied with dyspnea and chest discomfort. Bilateral breath sounds were diminished upon auscultation. C, after conservative management, a repeated chest X-ray shows no evidence of residual effusions. These results suggest that conservative treatment of chylous leakage is effective.
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Chest X-ray, which did not show obvious abnormalities preoperatively (Figure 1A), revealed medium, bilateral pleural effusions (Figure 1B). A repeated chest X-ray showed no evidence of residual effusions (Figure 1C).