COMBINED CHYLOUS NECK FISTULA, CHYLOTHORAX AND CHYLOPERITONEUM AFTER TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY

SHAJ Tytgat, PPLO Coene, LCJM Lemaire, H Obertop, JJB Van Lanschot

Abstract


A 65-year-old man sequentially developed a chylous neck fistula, left-sided chylothorax,and chylous ascites after a transhiatal total esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the distalesophagus. The pathophysiology of this unusual accumulation of chyle in three separateanatomic compartments is examined.

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