THORACIC-DUCT CYST IN SUPRACLAVICULAR REGION

Citation
M. Maruyama et al., THORACIC-DUCT CYST IN SUPRACLAVICULAR REGION, Ulster medical journal, 66(2), 1997, pp. 140-143
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00416193
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
140 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-6193(1997)66:2<140:TCISR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A 28-year-old female attended an outpatient clinic in October, 1989, b ecause of a tumor in the left supraclavicular fossa, detected in a hea lth examination, Following exploratory puncture of the tumor which yie lded milky-white fluid, suggesting a cyst in the thoracic duct, she wa s admitted to our department. The cyst was unilocular measuring about 6 cm in diameter, and the fluid content was chyle-rich in lipids, Lymp hography demonstrated a lymphatic structure adjacent to the lesion and scattered lymph vessels on the cyst surface, On November 16 the cyst was resected. A restiform structure was observed between the cyst and the thoracic duct, but the presence or absence of communication was un clear. The histological diagnosis was thoracic duct cyst, Thoracic duc t cyst occurring in the cervical region is very rare, Our case may pro vide useful information as to its pathogenesis and the mode of retenti on of cyst fluid.