TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX: CASE REPORT

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Case Reports1 April 1940TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX: CASE REPORTJOSEPH GORDON, M.D.JOSEPH GORDON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-10-1998 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTraumatic chylothorax is sufficiently uncommon to warrant an additional case report in the literature. The case here reported is the first instance of this condition observed in a series of 3,000 admissions to the tuberculosis division of this institution during a period of 10 years. One might justifiably expect that such cases, if they did occur at all frequently, would often find their way into an institution where diseases of the chest make up a major portion of the admissions.CASE REPORTN. O., a white male, aged 31 years, was admitted on August 11, 1937 on the advice of...References1. MCNABSCARLETT DSEP: Traumatic chylothorax due to intrathoracic rupture of thoracic duct, Canadian Med. Assoc. Jr., 1932, xxvii, 29-36. Google Scholar2. VAN NUYS RG: Chylothorax, Calif. and West. Med., 1931, xxxiv, 269-271. Google Scholar3. SHACKELFORDFISHER RTAM: Traumatic chylothorax, South. Med. Jr., 1938, xxxi, 7. Google Scholar4. FINKELSTEIN BK: Tears and injuries of the thoracic duct, Bolnichn. Gaz. Botkina, 1901, xxii, 914, 958. Google Scholar5. BEATTY OA: Chylothorax; case report, Jr. Thorac. Surg., 1936, vi, 221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HEPPNER GJ: Bilateral chylothorax and chyloperitoneum, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1294. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. LILLIEFox ORGW: Traumatic intrathoracic rupture of the thoracic duct with chylothorax, Ann. Surg., 1935, ci, 1367. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. WALLISSCHÖLBERG RLHA: On chylous and pseudo-chylous ascites, Quart. Jr. Med., 1909, iii, 301. Google Scholar9. HALLMORGAN EHA: Case of chylous ascites, Quart. Bull. Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1900, ii, 44. Google Scholar10. CUSHING H: Wounds of the thoracic duct, Ann. Surg., 1898, xxvii, 719. Google Scholar11. HARRISON E: Treatment of wounds of the thoracic duct, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1916, iv, 304. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ray Brook, New York*Received for publication December 8, 1938.From the Tuberculosis Service of the Bergen County Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChylothoraxSpezielle Chirurgie der Erkrankungen und Verletzungen des ThoraxTraumatic chylothoraxTRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAXTrauma of the thorax 1 April 1940Volume 13, Issue 10Page: 1998-2004KeywordsChylothoraxThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...