Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography

Chylothorax refers to the accumulation of triglyceride-rich fluid (chyle) within the pleural space. We described a case of spontaneous chylothorax in an infant. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed with 99 m-Tc sulfur colloid which showed tracer accumulation into thoracic cavity, and single-photon emiss...

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Autores principales: Singh, Parneet, Parida, Girish Kumar, Emerson, Ralph, Kumar, Pramit, Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_160_22
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author Singh, Parneet
Parida, Girish Kumar
Emerson, Ralph
Kumar, Pramit
Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal
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description Chylothorax refers to the accumulation of triglyceride-rich fluid (chyle) within the pleural space. We described a case of spontaneous chylothorax in an infant. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed with 99 m-Tc sulfur colloid which showed tracer accumulation into thoracic cavity, and single-photon emission computed tomography/CT (SPECT/CT) revealed leak in the thoracic duct at D8 vertebral level as the cause. We, thus, emphasize the role of lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT in identification of cause and guiding the management of chylothorax, especially when surgical treatment is planned.
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spelling pubmed-103485082023-07-15 Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography Singh, Parneet Parida, Girish Kumar Emerson, Ralph Kumar, Pramit Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image Chylothorax refers to the accumulation of triglyceride-rich fluid (chyle) within the pleural space. We described a case of spontaneous chylothorax in an infant. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed with 99 m-Tc sulfur colloid which showed tracer accumulation into thoracic cavity, and single-photon emission computed tomography/CT (SPECT/CT) revealed leak in the thoracic duct at D8 vertebral level as the cause. We, thus, emphasize the role of lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT in identification of cause and guiding the management of chylothorax, especially when surgical treatment is planned. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10348508/ /pubmed/37456199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_160_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title_full Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title_fullStr Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title_full_unstemmed Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title_short Small Chyle Leak Localized on Lymphoscintigraphy with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography–Computed Tomography
title_sort small chyle leak localized on lymphoscintigraphy with single-photon emission computed tomography–computed tomography
topic Interesting Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_160_22
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