Gorham-Stout Syndrome with chylothorax: successful remission by interferon alpha-2b

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Jun;44(6):613-5. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20849.

Abstract

Gorham-Stout syndrome is a rare disease and most often recognized in children and young adults. Chylothorax is a serious complication of Gorham-Stout syndrome. The treatment of either Gorham-Stout syndrome or chylothorax is still a dilemma. We described a 9-year-old girl with Gorham-Stout syndrome and chylothorax who was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea, orthopnea, and bone pain, and treated with interferon alpha-2b.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Chylothorax / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Osteolysis, Essential / complications*
  • Osteolysis, Essential / drug therapy*
  • Recombinant Proteins

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins