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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:674
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Transient thoracic duct obstruction in a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
^b Department of Radiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Received 12 April 2006; received in revised form 5 June 2006; accepted 26 June 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Toracica, Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39 0226437139; fax: +39 0226437147. (Email: giulio.melloni@hsr.it).

Key Words: Thoracic outlet syndrome • Thoracic duct • MRI

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A 51-year-old woman with a thoracic outlet syndrome and vascular compression (Fig. 1 ) developed a transitory cervical and mediastinal lymphoedema (Fig. 2 ) after sleeping for a night with her arms . . . [Full Text of this Article]