Thoracic duct cyst presenting as a left supraclavicular mass.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Thoracic duct cysts may occur either in the mediastinum or in the neck. The majority of such lesions occurring in the neck consist of chylous fistulae and are secondary to surgery on the neck. Fewer than five cases have been reported in the literature of primary thoracic duct cysts occurring in the neck (1).
منابع مشابه
Thoracic duct cyst in supraclavicular region.
A 28-year-old female attended an outpatient clinic in October, 1989, because of a tumor in the left supraclavicular fossa, detected in a health examination. Following exploratory puncture of the tumor which yielded milky-white fluid, suggesting a cyst in the thoracic duct, she was admitted to our department. The cyst was unilocular measuring about 6 cm in diameter, and the fluid content was chy...
متن کاملTHYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST PRESENTING AS ENDOLARYNGEAL MASS
Thyroglossal duct cyst is a well-known congenital entity, and its embryonic development and clinical presentation are well understood. Very little can be added to the classic material found in the world literature. Rare cases of unusual clinical presentation have also been reported. Our case of endolaryngeal thyroglossal duct cyst is reported because of its unique endolaryngeal presentation...
متن کاملRupture of the Thoracic Duct as a Result of Injury with Subsequent Development of Bilateral Chylothorax
We present a unique case of a 49-year-old woman presenting with a bilateral chylothorax sustained after minor injury. This condition developed secondarily to minor neck injury which resulted in left side cervical swelling. First treatment was conservative. Surgical intervention was nevertheless necessary to remove a cervical cyst contiguous with the thoracic duct.
متن کاملSurgical Resection of Thoracic Duct Lymphangioma
A 67-year-old male patient came to the hospital due to lung cancer and mediastinal cystic mass which was suspected to be esophageal duplication cyst. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed and intra-operative finding suggested it as a cystic mass along the thoracic duct. Thoracic duct was ligated and the cyst was completely resected. A 48-year-old female patient visited the h...
متن کاملDelayed Concurrent Chylothorax and Chyloperitoneum: Report of a Case after an Old Blunt Trauma
A 15- year-old boy was referred to Imam Reza Hospital with a right chest tube and chylothorax for 40 days. The patient had respiratory distress and undergone refractory treatment for chylothorax. The fluid content was chyle-rich in lipids. Computed Tomography of the chest showed a large, incompletely evacuated cyst in the left posterior mediastinum with left pleural effusion. The cyst could not...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ceylon medical journal
دوره 46 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001