CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN PATIENT S WITH PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMAS

CRR Corbett, RF Dale, DJ Coltart, JB Kinmonth

Abstract


An association is described between congenital heart disease and abnormality of the thoracic duct. Abnormality of the thoracic duct is associated with  a distinctive pattern  of  lymphatic  hyperplasia.  Five of 31 patients with  this  lymphatic  anomaly  were found to have congenital  heart disease.

Various forms of hypoplasia of lymph pathways are much more common anatomic anomalies in primary lymphoedemas but the incidence of congenital heart disease in these is low.


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