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Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites

Chylous ascites is a rare form of ascites usually associated with cirrhosis, abdominal malignancies, surgeries or infections. We presented a case of chylous ascites after robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy (PLDN-RALP), in which the correct diagnosis was achieved by SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy. A 72-...

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Autores principales: Iuele, Francesca, Rubini, Dino, Altini, Corinna, Mammucci, Paolo, Pisani, Antonio Rosario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9953622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36830819
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11020282
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author Iuele, Francesca
Rubini, Dino
Altini, Corinna
Mammucci, Paolo
Pisani, Antonio Rosario
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description Chylous ascites is a rare form of ascites usually associated with cirrhosis, abdominal malignancies, surgeries or infections. We presented a case of chylous ascites after robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy (PLDN-RALP), in which the correct diagnosis was achieved by SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy. A 72-year-old male developed chylous ascites after surgery and underwent lymphoscintigraphy with radiolabeled albumin nanocolloids for the supplementary study of the lymph flow and to detect a possible site of leakage. The scintigraphic imaging demonstrated the abdominal effusion and lymph stasis in the left iliac region. The combination of planar imaging with SPECT/CT can resolve the assessment of chylous disorders.
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spelling pubmed-99536222023-02-25 Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites Iuele, Francesca Rubini, Dino Altini, Corinna Mammucci, Paolo Pisani, Antonio Rosario Biomedicines Case Report Chylous ascites is a rare form of ascites usually associated with cirrhosis, abdominal malignancies, surgeries or infections. We presented a case of chylous ascites after robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy (PLDN-RALP), in which the correct diagnosis was achieved by SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy. A 72-year-old male developed chylous ascites after surgery and underwent lymphoscintigraphy with radiolabeled albumin nanocolloids for the supplementary study of the lymph flow and to detect a possible site of leakage. The scintigraphic imaging demonstrated the abdominal effusion and lymph stasis in the left iliac region. The combination of planar imaging with SPECT/CT can resolve the assessment of chylous disorders. MDPI 2023-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9953622/ /pubmed/36830819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11020282 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Iuele, Francesca
Rubini, Dino
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Mammucci, Paolo
Pisani, Antonio Rosario
Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title_full Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title_fullStr Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title_full_unstemmed Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title_short Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites
title_sort lympho-spect/ct as a key tool in the management of a patient with chylous ascites
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9953622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36830819
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11020282
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