MR Lymphangiography for Focal Disruption of the Thoracic Duct in Chylothorax of an Infant: a Case Report and Literature Review | Zendy

Haipeng Pan | Zendy; Qun Lao | Zendy; Fei Zhenghua | Zendy; Yang Li | Zendy; Haichun Zhou | Zendy; Lai Can | Zendy

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MR Lymphangiography for Focal Disruption of the Thoracic Duct in Chylothorax of an Infant: a Case Report and Literature Review

Author(s) -

Haipeng Pan,

Qun Lao,

Fei Zhenghua,

Yang Li,

Haichun Zhou,

Lai Can

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

chinese medical sciences journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.215

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 1001-9294

DOI - 10.24920/j1001-9294.2017.038

Subject(s) - chylothorax , medicine , thoracic duct , chyle , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , pleural effusion , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , effusion , surgery , lymphatic system , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , complication , pathology , pancreatitis

Chylothorax is a rare cause of pleural effusion in children, and it is usually difficult to identify the location of chyle leakage due to the small size of the thoracic duct in children. Herein we report an infant case with chylothorax whose leakage of the thoracic duct was successfully located by magnetic resonance lymphangiography (MRL) using pre-contrast MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and gadodiamide-enhanced spectral presaturation inversion recovery (SPIR) T 1 -weighted imaging, which demonstrate the imaging method is easy and effective for detecting the focal disruption of the thoracic duct in children with chylothorax and younger than 8 months old.

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