Bilateral chylothorax as a complication of radical neck dissection

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Abstract
Injury to the thoracic duct in its cervical course during radical neck dissection on the left is not uncommon. Most minor injuries causing leakage of chyle stop spontaneously, but a few progress to chylous fistula or chyloma. The case of a 78 yr old woman with bilateral chylothorax after operative injury to the cervical thoracic duct in the absence of pleural perforation was presented.