ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
Catheter's iatrogenic disease
;
Lymphatic disease
;
Pericardial effusions
;
Autopsy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary A 47-year-old woman with long-standing myelofibrosis and thrombocytosis whose spleen was removed 9 days prior to death, died of a heart tamponade. Subsequent autopsy revealed the development of chylothorax and chylopericardium due to the existence of a thrombus obstructing the ostium of the left thoracic duct, as a consequence of the particular location of a central venous catheter in the left subclavian vein in the proximity of the confluence of the left thoracic duct in the afore-mentioned vein.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01716209
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