NON-TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX AND CHYLOPERICARDIUM; REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE DUE TO CARCINOMATOUS THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS OF THE THORACIC DUCT AND UPPER GREAT VEINS
Authors: Wallace M. Yater
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 November 1935NON-TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX AND CHYLOPERICARDIUM; REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE DUE TO CARCINOMATOUS THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS OF THE THORACIC DUCT AND UPPER GREAT VEINSWALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P.WALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-5-600 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChylothorax is a rare condition and chylopericardium still more so. Traumatic chylothorax due to rupture or section of the thoracic duct is apparently even more rare than the non-traumatic form, at least in so far as may be judged from the literature. Mouchet (1933) studied 43 cases of traumatic chylothorax reported in the literature. 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