Rupture of the Thoracic Duct as a Result of Injury with Subsequent Development of Bilateral Chylothorax

• 作者: Christian O. Ritter Jens Christian Paul Konrad Neukam Oscar Hernandez Rudolf Hagen Thomas Bohrer
• 来源期刊: 胸外科期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: CHYLOTHORAX RUPTURE of THORACIC DUCT
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（4）
• 页码范围: 118-120
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

We present a unique case of a 49-year-old woman presenting with a bilateral chylothorax sustained after minor injury. This condition developed secondarily to minor neck injury which resulted in left side cervical swelling. First treatment was conservative. Surgical intervention was nevertheless necessary to remove a cervical cyst contiguous with the thoracic duct.