Aberrent Thoracic Duct Cyst in Postrior Mediastinum

Thoracic duct cysts in the upper portion of the diaphragm are mostly found in the neck and are rarely found in the mediastinum. Thoracic duct cysts should be differentiated from other mediastinal tumors or cysts, and surgical treatment is required to avoid the development of chylothorax if the cyst...

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Autores principales: Park, Soo Jin, Park, Seonng Yong, Choi, Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26078934
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.3.225
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description Thoracic duct cysts in the upper portion of the diaphragm are mostly found in the neck and are rarely found in the mediastinum. Thoracic duct cysts should be differentiated from other mediastinal tumors or cysts, and surgical treatment is required to avoid the development of chylothorax if the cyst ruptures. Herein, we report the case of a patient with a thoracic cyst located just above the diaphragm that was treated with surgical resection.
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spelling pubmed-44632352015-06-15 Aberrent Thoracic Duct Cyst in Postrior Mediastinum Park, Soo Jin Park, Seonng Yong Choi, Ho Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Thoracic duct cysts in the upper portion of the diaphragm are mostly found in the neck and are rarely found in the mediastinum. Thoracic duct cysts should be differentiated from other mediastinal tumors or cysts, and surgical treatment is required to avoid the development of chylothorax if the cyst ruptures. Herein, we report the case of a patient with a thoracic cyst located just above the diaphragm that was treated with surgical resection. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015-06 2015-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4463235/ /pubmed/26078934 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.3.225 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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