Chylopericardium and chylothorax,resulting from a catheter to the left subclavian vein: An autopsy report |
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| Authors: | F. Smedts K. Kubat H. Chande |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, chief Prof. Dr. G.P. Vooijs, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands;(2) Muhimbili Medical Centre, Histopathology Department, Dar es Salam, Tanzania |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Catheter's iatrogenic disease Lymphatic disease Pericardial effusions Autopsy |
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