A 51-year-old woman with a thoracic outlet syndrome and vascular compression developed a transitory cervical and mediastinal lymphoedema after sleeping for a night with her arms raised and abducted. We hypothesize that this unusual complication was caused by a temporary obstruction of the thoracic duct at its junction with the venous system due to this sleeping position.

Transient thoracic duct obstruction in a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome

ZANNINI , PIERO
2006-01-01

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman with a thoracic outlet syndrome and vascular compression developed a transitory cervical and mediastinal lymphoedema after sleeping for a night with her arms raised and abducted. We hypothesize that this unusual complication was caused by a temporary obstruction of the thoracic duct at its junction with the venous system due to this sleeping position.
2006
Thoracic outlet syndrome; Thoracic duct; MRI
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