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Traumatic contralateral chylothorax in a patient with penetrating neck injury: a case report

Chylothorax is defined as a collection of chyle within the pleural cavity secondary to injury of the thoracic duct. We describe a rare case of a contralateral chylothorax resulting from a penetrating wound to the left lower anterior neck region. A 37-year-old male presented to the emergency room wit...

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Autores principales: Olotu, Olumide, Uchendu, Nneka, Holtrop, John, Graham, Isabella, Buck, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7984847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33777349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab031