Multiple thoracic duct cysts: an unusual CT finding

Thoracic duct cysts in the mediastinum are rare. We report the case of a 66-year-old gentleman who was found to have multiple small thoracic duct cysts during investigation of a retrosternal thyroid goitre. Multiple paraoesphageal swellings were seen on a computed tomographic scan in the upper poste...

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Autores principales: Halliday, Laura J., Sharma, Anup K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25952956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv056
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description Thoracic duct cysts in the mediastinum are rare. We report the case of a 66-year-old gentleman who was found to have multiple small thoracic duct cysts during investigation of a retrosternal thyroid goitre. Multiple paraoesphageal swellings were seen on a computed tomographic scan in the upper posterior mediastinum. The largest was 2 cm and they were continuous with the thoracic duct. This is this first reported case of multiple thoracic duct cysts. Previous cases are of a single large swelling, the majority of which were surgically excised. Small asymptomatic cysts such as the case we present are suitable for conservative management.
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spelling pubmed-44230542015-05-15 Multiple thoracic duct cysts: an unusual CT finding Halliday, Laura J. Sharma, Anup K. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Thoracic duct cysts in the mediastinum are rare. We report the case of a 66-year-old gentleman who was found to have multiple small thoracic duct cysts during investigation of a retrosternal thyroid goitre. Multiple paraoesphageal swellings were seen on a computed tomographic scan in the upper posterior mediastinum. The largest was 2 cm and they were continuous with the thoracic duct. This is this first reported case of multiple thoracic duct cysts. Previous cases are of a single large swelling, the majority of which were surgically excised. Small asymptomatic cysts such as the case we present are suitable for conservative management. Oxford University Press 2015-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4423054/ /pubmed/25952956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv056 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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