The rare case of a chylothorax caused by a retrosternal goiter

Sezai Çubuk; Orhan Yücel; Ramazan Yıldız; Erkan Öztürk; Şeref Demirbaş

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10279

Sezai Çubuk¹, Orhan Yücel¹, Ramazan Yıldız², Erkan Öztürk², Şeref Demirbaş³

¹Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of General Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
³Departments of Internal Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10279

Association of chylothorax and retrosternal goiter is very rare. In this article, we report a 49-year-old male patient having a retrosternal goiter and pleural effusion. The biochemical analysis of the effusion was consistent with chylothorax. The goiter was resected with a transcervical approach followed by partial sternotomy. Chylothorax disappeared after excision of the lesion. Large retrosternal goiters may cause chylous pleural effusions and be managed by excision of the compressing lesions.

Keywords : Chylothorax; pleural effusion; retrosternal goiter

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