title: Thoracic duct cyst of the mediastinum. Case report.
abstract: A mediastinal thoracic duct cyst was incidentally found in an asymptomatic 45-year-old man. The cyst, 6 cm in diameter, was soft and unilocular, with an extremely thin wall, and contained chyle. It was successfully excised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Sanatorium Minami-Okayama Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged