Combined chylous neck fistula, chylothorax and chyloperitoneum after transhiatal esophagectomy.

نویسندگان

  • S H Tytgat
  • P P Coene
  • I C Lemaire
  • H Obertop
  • J J van Lanschot
چکیده

A 65-year-old man sequentially developed a chylous neck fistula, left-sided chylothorax, and chylous ascites after a transhiatal total esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus. The pathophysiology of this unusual accumulation of chyle in three separate anatomic compartments is examined.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Lymphology

دوره 29 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996