TITLE:
Thoracic Duct Cyst of the Anterior Mediastinum
AUTHORS:
Masao Saito, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Naohisa Chiba, Yasuto Sakaguchi, Shinya Ishikawa
KEYWORDS:
Thoracic Duct, Cyst, Anterior Mediastinum, Chylothorax
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery,
Vol.4 No.4,
November
24,
2014
ABSTRACT: Mediastinal thoracic duct cyst is a rare benign cystic disease. The lesion is generally in the post-erior or superior mediastinum, where the thoracic duct passes. We herein report an extremely rare case of surgically resected anterior mediastinal thoracic duct cyst. A thoracic duct cyst should be considered as an uncommon differential diagnosis of an anterior mediastinal lesion.