To Be or Not To Be: A Case of Recurrent Swelling Syndrome of Thoracic Duct

Thoracic duct aneurysm is a rare entity presenting as a stable, asymptomatic, left supraclavicular swelling. We report an unusual case of a thoracic duct aneurysm in a 71-year-old woman presenting as a recurrent swelling syndrome of the left supraclavicular area associated with sporadic episodes of...

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Autores principales: Azmeen, Ayesha, McArdle, John R., Foster, John E., Shaik, Ayesha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.003
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author Azmeen, Ayesha
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description Thoracic duct aneurysm is a rare entity presenting as a stable, asymptomatic, left supraclavicular swelling. We report an unusual case of a thoracic duct aneurysm in a 71-year-old woman presenting as a recurrent swelling syndrome of the left supraclavicular area associated with sporadic episodes of sharp left subcostal pain. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-83021032021-07-26 To Be or Not To Be: A Case of Recurrent Swelling Syndrome of Thoracic Duct Azmeen, Ayesha McArdle, John R. Foster, John E. Shaik, Ayesha JACC Case Rep Case Report Thoracic duct aneurysm is a rare entity presenting as a stable, asymptomatic, left supraclavicular swelling. We report an unusual case of a thoracic duct aneurysm in a 71-year-old woman presenting as a recurrent swelling syndrome of the left supraclavicular area associated with sporadic episodes of sharp left subcostal pain. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2020-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8302103/ /pubmed/34317417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.003 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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To Be or Not To Be: A Case of Recurrent Swelling Syndrome of Thoracic Duct
title To Be or Not To Be: A Case of Recurrent Swelling Syndrome of Thoracic Duct
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title_short To Be or Not To Be: A Case of Recurrent Swelling Syndrome of Thoracic Duct
title_sort to be or not to be: a case of recurrent swelling syndrome of thoracic duct
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302103/
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