Primary Chylopericardium Treated with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Abstract

Here, we report on a 30-year-old female with primary chylopericardium who successfully underwent thoracic duct clipping and partial pericardiectomy using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Recently, a few cases of this disease have been treated utilizing VATS. This is a fully detailed description of the treatment of primary chylopericardium including a description of intraoperative findings and photographs obtained during the course of VATS.

Key words

Chylopericardium - VATS - thoracoscopy - surgery - treatment

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