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Postesophagectomy mediastinal chylothorax causing upper airway obstruction misdiagnosed as asthma: a report of two
N J Theaker1, P W Brady, M M Fisher
1Department of Anesthetics, City General Hospital, Staffordshire, England.
Chest
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Injury to the thoracic duct resulting in chylothorax is an uncommon but well-documented complication of esophagectomy. In two cases, which were associated with signs of life-threatening upper airway obstruction, an initial diagnosis of asthma was made. It appears that this complication of esophagectomy has not been reported previously.