Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Enwiller T M, Radlinsky M G, Mason D E, Roush J K (2003) Popliteal and mesenteric lymph node injectin with mthylene blue for coloration of the thoracic duct in dogs. Vet Surg 32, 359-364 PubMed.
• Williams J M & Niles J D (1999) Use of omentum as a physiologic drain for treatment of chylothorax in a dog. Vet Surg 28 (1), 61-65 PubMed.
• Gelzer A R M et al (1997) Accessory lung lobe torsion and chylothorax in an Afghan hound. JAVMA 33 (2), 171-176 PubMed.
• Fossum T W, Evering W M, Miller M W et al (1992) Severe bilateral fibrosing pleuritis with chronic chylothorax in dogs and cats. JAVMA 201 (2), 317-24 PubMed.
• Birchard S J, Smeak D D & Fossum T W (1988) Results of thoracic duct ligation in dogs with chylothorax. JAVMA 193 (1), 68-71 PubMed.
• Smeak D D, Gallagher L, Birchard S J & Fossum T W (1987) Management of intractable pleural effusion in a dog with pleuroperitoneal shunt. Vet Surg 16 (3), 212-6 PubMed.
• Willauer C C & Breznock E M (1987) Pleurovenous shunting technique for treatment of chylothorax in three dogs. JAVMA 191 (9), 1106-9 PubMed.
• Fossum T W, Birchard S J & Jacobs R M (1986) Chylothorax in 34 dogs. JAVMA 188 (11), 1315-8 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Fossum T W (2000) Pleural and extrapleural diseases. In: Textbook of veterinary internal medicine, 5th edn. Eds S J Ettinger & E C Feldman. Philadelphia, PA: W B Saunders Co. pp 1098-1111.