Traumatic chylothorax following a closed chest injury.

Two days later he felt discomfort in the chest and a skiagram showed re-accumulation of fluid in the right pleural cavity, and obliteration of the left costo-phrenic angle. Bilateral pleural drainage tubes were inserted and 3300 ml. of thin, whitish fluid on the right side, and 800 ml. of blood stained fluid on the left side were obtained on the first day. The left sided tube drained minimal amounts, and was removed three days later. The right sided tube continued to drain 2.0 to 3.5 litres of milky fluid