Abstract
Post-traumatic and post-surgical chylothorax is a common entity. Surgical excision of a cervical rib can be done either by transcervical or transaxillary approach, though transaxillary is recommended one. Injury to thoracic duct is quite rare in surgeries involving excision of a cervical rib. We report a case of a 40-year-old female who presented with a swelling in the left cervical region which had developed after left cervical rib excision done 3 months ago. Excision of the cyst revealed a chyloma. A chyloma after cervical rib excision has never been reported before.
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