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Thoracic duct injury associated with left internal jugular vein catheterization: anatomic considerations
Stephen S Kwon1, Abigail Falk, Harold A Mitty
1Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. kwonsa@hotmail.com
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR
|March 5, 2002
Abstract:
Ultrasound (US)-guided cannulation of the internal jugular vein (IJV) has become the preferred approach for venous access as a result of its higher success rate and lower incidence of complications. This report describes a case of thoracic duct injury during US-guided left IJV catheterization. The normal and variant anatomy of the thoracic duct in the neck is illustrated.