Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with thoracic duct cysts
| Authors | Year | Gender/NO | Age | Symptoms | Localization | Management | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediastinal | Cervical | Abdominal | ||||||
| Mattila et al.,3) | 1999 | M 13/F7 | 47.2* | Asymptomatic 9/dyspnea 4/chest pain 4/eructation 1/dysphagia 1/epigastric pain 1 | 19 | 1 | Excision 18/NR* 2 | |
| Karajiannis et al.,4) | 2000 | M 1 | 49 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Pramesh et al.,6) | 2003 | M 1 | 49 | Chest pain, hoarseness | 1 | Excision | ||
| Gottwald et al.,7) | 2005 | M 7/F 10 | 46.5* | Asymptomatic 8/swelling of neck 8/supraclavicular pain 1 | 17 | Excision 14/Observation 2/NR* 1 | ||
| Gupta et al.,8) | 2005 | F 1 | 77 | Swelling of neck | 1 | Embolization and Excision |
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| Dool et al.,9) | 2006 | M 1/F 1 | 72/55 | Swelling of neck/Asymptomatic | 2 | Excision/Sclerotherapy | ||
| Turkyilmaz et al.,11) | 2007 | F 1 | 82 | Dysphagia | 1 | Excision | ||
| Moesgaard et al.,12) | 2007 | F 1 | 79 | Swelling of neck | 1 | Excision | ||
| Miwa et al.,13) | 2007 | F 1 | 35 | Swelling of neck | 1 | Sclerotherapy | ||
| Matwigoff et al.,14) | 2008 | M 1 | 28 | Chest pain | 1 | Excision | ||
| Mortman et al.,5) | 2009 | F 1 | 68 | Cough and dyspnea | 1 | Excision | ||
| Zatterstrom et al.,15) | 2009 | M 1 | 55 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Observation | ||
| Wang et al.,16) | 2009 | F 1 | 28 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Santis et al.,17) | 2010 | F 1 | 30 | Dry cough and hiccups | 1 | Excision | ||
| Yun et al.,18) | 2010 | M 1 | 23 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Matsuda et al.,19) | 2010 | M 1 | 79 | Dysphagia | 1 | Excision | ||
| Offiah et al.,20) | 2011 | F 1 | 53 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Aspiration | ||
| Kwak et al.,21) | 2011 | F 1 | 53 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Beriat et al.,22) | 2011 | F 1 | 35 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Wada et al.,23) | 2012 | F 1 | 58 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Excision | ||
| Gill et al.,24) | 2012 | M 1/F 1 | 38/49 | Asymptomatic 1/Swelling of neck 1 | 2 | Excision 2 | ||
| Nakano et al.,25) | 2013 | M 1 | 56 | pharyngeal discomfort | 1 | Excision | ||
| López et al.,26) | 2013 | M 1 | 52 | Asymptomatic | 1 | Sclerotherapy | ||
| Kadkhodayan et al.,27) | 2013 | F 1 | 58 | Dysphagia and dyspnea | 1 | Sclerotherapy | ||
| Kumar et al.,1) | 2014 | M 1 | 54 | Swelling of neck | 1 | Excision | ||
| Present case | 2014 | M 1 | 35 | Abdomen pain | 1 | Excision | ||
NR* = not reported