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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1581-1582
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case reports

Thoracoscopic treatment of primary chylopericardium

Shuji Sakata, MDa, Ichiro Yoshida, MDa, Yoshimi Otani, MDa, Susumu Ishikawa, MDa, Yasuo Morishita, MDa

a Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Sakata, #701, 2–14–14 Otemachi, Maebashi, Gunma 3710026, Japan

The development of video-assisted thoracoscopy has changed the practice of thoracic surgery. This report describes a 20-year-old man who successfully underwent thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation and partial pericardiectomy for primary chylopericardium. We recommend a right-sided thoracoscopic approach to the thoracic duct in the lower thoracic cavity.




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