Case Report

Left Functional Pneumonectomy Caused by a Very Rare Giant Intrathoracic Cystic Lesion in a Patient with Gorham–Stout Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Presentation of all cases of patients with respiratory manifestations of Gorham–Stout syndrome reported in the literature.

NumberAuthorYearAge/sexHemithorax involvedPathologyOutcome

Gorham et al. [1]195416/ΜRChylothoraxDied

De seze and Hubault [5]195629/FBilateralChylothoraxN/A

Jones et al. [6]195828/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Koblenzer and Bukowski [7]19614/FRChylothoraxDied

Tucker [8]196711/MBilateralChylothoraxSurvived

Kolpakova and Iaroshevskaia [9]196712/FBilateralChylothoraxDied

Vanetti et al. [10]19685/FLChylothoraxSurvived

Morphis et al. [11]19709 mo/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Touraine et al. [12]197049/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Takamoto et al. [13]197121/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Gutierrez and Spjut [14]19724/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Berberich et al. [15]19753.5/MBilateralChylothoraxSurvived

Noziska et al. [16]197414/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Fessard et al. [17]19742/FRChylothoraxDied
3/FBilateralChylothoraxDied

Patrick [18]197630/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Rousselin et al. [19]197730/FLChylothoraxDied

Feigl et al. [20]198126/FBilateralChylothoraxSurvived

Young et al. [21]19832/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Pedicelli et al. [22]198418/FLChylothoraxSurvived

Brown et al. [23]198630/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Choma et al. [24]198723/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Hejgaard and Olsen [25]19879/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Joseph and Bartal [26]19877/FRChylothoraxDied

Marymont [27]19877/FRChylothoraxDied

Romero et al. [28]198961/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Meller et al. [29]19937 mo/MRHemothoraxSurvived
14/MRHematomaSurvived

Tie et al. [30]199418/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Drewry et al. [31]199413/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Ng and Wang [32]199563/FRPleural effusion (Blood stained serous fluid)Died

Riantawan et al. [33]199627/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

McNeil et al. [34]199621/MRPleural effusion (Bloodstained fluid)Survived

Aoki et al. [35]199619/FRChylothoraxSurvived

Chavanis et al. [36]200145/FLChylothoraxSurvived

Yoo et al. [37]200238/MBilateralChylothorax, Mediastinal cystic mass (with turbid pinkish fluid)Survived

Fujiu et al. [38]200215/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Miller [39]20022/MRChylothoraxDied

Lee et al. [40]200225/FRChylothoraxSurvived

Swelstad et al. [41]200331/FRChylothorax, chylotamponadeSurvived

Lee et al. [42] 20036/FN/AChylothoraxDied
9/FN/AChylothoraxDied

Fontanesi [43]2003MRChylothoraxSurvived

Takahashi et al. [44]20052/FLChylothorax, Pericardial effusionSurvived

Kren et al. [45]20057/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Duffy et al. [46]200531/FBilateralChylothorax, hemochylopericardiumSurvived

Agrawal et al. [47]200625/FLBloody pleural effusion, DPFSurvived

Pfleger et al. [48]200618/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Yildiz et al. [49]20096/MBilateralChylothoraxSurvived

Kose et al. [50]20099/FRChylothoraxSurvived

De Smet et al. [51]20108/MLChylothoraxSurvived

Wijesinghe et al. [52]201050/FLChylothorax, ChylotamponadeSurvived

Kuriyama et al. [53]201016/FLChylothoraxSurvived

Deveci et al. [54]20116/MBilateralChylothoraxDied

Brodszki et al. [55] 20112.5/MRChylothoraxSurvived
4/FBilateralChylothoraxSurvived

Min-Wen et al. [56]20125/FLPleural effusionSurvived

Hopman et al. [57]201212 mo/MRChylothoraxDied

Noda et al. [58]201315/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Jayaprakash et al. [59]20139/FBilateralChylothoraxDied

Maillot et al. [60]201430/FLChylothoraxSurvived

Liu et al. [4] 201432/FBilateralPleural effusion, Pericardial effusionSurvived
15/MBilateralChylothoraxSurvived
32/MBilateralChylothoraxSurvived
22/FLChylothoraxSurvived
23/MRChylothoraxSurvived

Davalos et al. [61]20159/FRLarge cystic mass, chylothoraxSurvived