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Computerized tomography after evacuation of right chylothorax with chest tube. Mild left pleural effusion is seen on chest x-ray.
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Computed tomography of the chest after right tube thoracostomy showed mild left pleural effusion and a low-density, incompletely evacuated cystic mass in the left posterior mediastinum (Figure 1).
Cyst wall tear during excision through right thoracotomy. A great amount of chyle was present in the cyst and pleural cavity.
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The cyst was torn during excision and chyle was drained into the pleural cavity (Figure 2).
Chest x-ray one year later. Mild pleural thickening and linear atelectasis were seen in the right lung.
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During the one year follow- up, no pleural effusion was detected on chest x-ray (Figure 3).