title: Surgical resection of thoracic duct lymphangioma.
abstract: A 67-year-old male patient came to the hospital due to lung cancer and mediastinal cystic mass which was suspected to be esophageal duplication cyst. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed and intra-operative finding suggested it as a cystic mass along the thoracic duct. Thoracic duct was ligated and the cyst was completely resected. A 48-year-old female patient visited the hospital for dysphagia. Mediastinal cystic mass was suspected to be an esophageal duplication cyst. Intraoperative finding suggest a thoracic duct lymphangioma. After thoracic duct ligation, the mass was completely resected with VATS. Postoperative chylothorax did not develop in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Jin San
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bok
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Jae Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Hyun Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: In Kyu
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Chang Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital.
authors.forename: Young Tae
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Chylothorax; Lymphangioma; Thoracic duct