“Mega” Cisterna Chyli: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Enlarged cisterna chyli is an infrequently encountered entity and is most often an asymptomatic, incidental finding on imaging for other reasons. The pathogenesis of cisterna chyli enlargement is not well elucidated and includes infectious, inflammatory, and idiopathic causes. In this report, we pre...

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Autores principales: Chandra, Raghav, Murphy, Thomas, Jordan, Kirk G, Waters, John K, Reznik, Scott I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9946758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36843809
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34111
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author Chandra, Raghav
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description Enlarged cisterna chyli is an infrequently encountered entity and is most often an asymptomatic, incidental finding on imaging for other reasons. The pathogenesis of cisterna chyli enlargement is not well elucidated and includes infectious, inflammatory, and idiopathic causes. In this report, we present the rare case of an asymptomatic, markedly dilated “mega” cisterna chyli in a 60-year-old female.
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spelling pubmed-99467582023-02-23 “Mega” Cisterna Chyli: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Chandra, Raghav Murphy, Thomas Jordan, Kirk G Waters, John K Reznik, Scott I Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Enlarged cisterna chyli is an infrequently encountered entity and is most often an asymptomatic, incidental finding on imaging for other reasons. The pathogenesis of cisterna chyli enlargement is not well elucidated and includes infectious, inflammatory, and idiopathic causes. In this report, we present the rare case of an asymptomatic, markedly dilated “mega” cisterna chyli in a 60-year-old female. Cureus 2023-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9946758/ /pubmed/36843809 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34111 Text en Copyright © 2023, Chandra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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