Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Jun 2020)

Pleuroperitoneal (Denver) Shunt for Recurrent Nonmalignant Breast Seroma in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient

  • Lacey R. Pflibsen, MD,
  • Cristine S. Velazco, MD, MS,
  • Daniel H. Rhee, MD,
  • Lyndsey A. Bryant, PA-C,
  • Alyssa B. Chapital, MD, PhD,
  • Alanna M. Rebecca, MD, MBA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002928
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 6
p. e2928

Abstract

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Summary:. Pleuroperitoneal (Denver) shunts have been used primarily for palliation of refractory malignant and chylous peritoneal and pleural collections.1–5 We used a pleuroperitoneal (Denver) shunt for a recurrent, nonmalignant breast seroma in the palliation of metastatic breast cancer as a novel use of this shunt.