Thoracic-Duct Thrombosis with Fatal Chylothorax Caused by a Long Venous Catheter
- 9 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 280 (2), 95-96
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196901092800210
Abstract
THIS paper was written to present a case of extensive chylothorax and chyloperitoneum secondary to a thrombus occluding the thoracic duct. The patient had a long venous catheter introduced through a vein of the left antecubital fossa that was removed because of thrombophlebitis two days before death. The following brief quotation summarizes the literature on lesions of the thoracic duct:Possibly because it is seldom seen, and because it manifests its importance only when damaged and leaking, the thoracic duct has an aura of mystery. The problem of chylous effusion in the pleural cavity is not a common one, but . . .Keywords
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