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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Aug 2014
Case ReportsPercutaneous embolization of a chylous leak from thoracic duct injury in a child.
- Aisling L Snow, Wibke Uller, Hueng Bae Kim, and Ahmad I Alomari.
- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2014 Aug 1; 37 (4): 1111-3.
AbstractPostoperative chylous leak may result from thoracic duct injury during surgical procedures in the chest or neck and can be successfully treated with percutaneous embolization. We report the case of a child with persistent chylothorax and chyloperitoneum following multivisceral transplantation, which was performed due to unresectable inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the retroperitoneum. Intranodal lymphangiography was used to demonstrate the site of chylous leak from the lower segment of the thoracic duct and the leak resolved within days following percutaneous embolization of the thoracic duct.
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