Thoracic duct cyst in the anterior mediastinum
Den Notter, G.
Archivum Chirurgicum Neerlandicum 31(2): 107-110
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0657 PMID: 475403 Document Number: 141458
Case report of a 60-year old asymptomatic male with a chylous cyst in the right anterior mediastinum. It communicated with the thoracic duct through a narrow vessel with a length of 4 cm. During the eight years of pre-operative observation the cyst varied in size. At one time it disappeared completely, though temporarily. The rarity of this type of mediastinal tumor is stressed.