Spontaneous healing of chyle leakage after lymphangiography.
We report a 34-year-old man with the complication of chylous ascites after retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy that was refractory to various conservative therapies. Because surgical treatment for chylous ascites was considered, lymphangiography was performed to identify the area of leakage of chyle, after which the chylous ascites spontaneously healed.
Yamagami
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Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Masunami
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Kato
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Tanaka
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Hirota
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Nomoto
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Mikami
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Miki
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Nishimura
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed