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Letters to the Editor

Chylothorax revisited

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, MBC-J 16, PO Box 40047, Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia

Received 12 March 2008; accepted 23 March 2008.

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Key Words: Chylothorax

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We read with interest the article entitled A critical evaluation of a percutaneous diagnostic and treatment strategy for chylothorax after thoracic surgery [1].

We should congratulate the authors for this excellent work. We have a few comments. To explain why lymphangiogram could not demonstrate extravasation in some cases of chylothorax, we should remember that the lymphatic system includes cysterna chyli, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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