Kwak Mu-Yeop, Bae Chi-Hoon
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb;44(1):83-5. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.1.83. Epub 2011 Feb 12.
The thoracic duct cyst is an extremely rare cystic lesion in the mediastinum. Surgical treatment of the cyst is necessary to confirm histologic diagnosis and prevent potential complications such as spontaneous or traumatic rupture of the cyst and chylothorax.
胸导管囊肿是纵隔内一种极其罕见的囊性病变。对该囊肿进行手术治疗对于确诊组织学诊断以及预防诸如囊肿自发性或外伤性破裂和乳糜胸等潜在并发症是必要的。