Spontaneous aorto-cisterna chyli anastomosis.
A case of a spontaneous aorto-cisterna chyli communication is presented in a 65 year old patient who was admitted to the Hospital with severe abdominal pain simulating a dissecting aneurysm of the aorta. The diagnosis was suspected on a CT examination and established by a free flow aortogram and selective catheterization of the cisterna chyli through the aorta.
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013897:Thoracic Duct