Bilateral chylothorax following reoperative central neck dissection for metastatic papillary thyroid cancer

Ashwyn K. Sharma; Zeyad T. Sahli; Aarti Mathur

doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-224916

Bilateral chylothorax following reoperative central neck dissection for metastatic papillary thyroid cancer

Ashwyn K. Sharma, Zeyad T. Sahli, Aarti Mathur

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Locoregional recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) can occur in up to 30% of patients within 10 years after initial treatment. Reoperative surgery can be challenging due to scarring, fibrosis and distorted anatomy and may be associated with increased complications compared with initial operations. Chylothorax is an extremely rare and potentially life-threatening complication that can be associated with neck dissections and thyroid surgery. In this report, we describe an unusual case of bilateral chylothorax following a left central neck dissection for recurrent PTC.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	bcr-2018-224916
Journal	BMJ case reports
Volume	2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224916
State	Published - 2018

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head and neck surgery
otolaryngology / ENT
surgery
surgical oncology

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General Medicine

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Bilateral chylothorax following reoperative central neck dissection for metastatic papillary thyroid cancer

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