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Traumatic chylothorax following a closed chest injury

Krishnan MMS 1 , Jeyaratnam K 2

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  • 1 M M Sudhakar Krishnan, BSc (Osmania), MBBS (Kerala), MS, (Kerala), FRCS, (Glasgow), FRCS (Edinburgh). Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 K Jeyaratnam, MBBS (Mysore). Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1982 Sep;37(3):270-2.
PMID: 7177011

Abstract

A case of traumatic chylothorax is presented with its typical clinical presentation. Failure of conservative measures led to a transthoracic ligation of the thoracic duct, with good result.

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