Thoracic Duct
Case Report Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy for thoracic duct cyst resection without thoracic duct ligation: a case report
... alternative to thoracotomy in resecting benign mediastinal tumors. Conventional VATS is per- formed via a triple-port or double-port app- roach. In this case, we performed the proce- dure through a single-incision, ...
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Percutaneous Thoracic Duct Embolization as a Treatment for Intrathoracic Chyle Leaks in Infants
... Chylothorax is an uncommon complication of cardiothoracic surgery in children that is traditionally treated with either conservative (diet modification, octreotide administration, and percutaneous drainage) or surgical ...
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Morphology of the distal thoracic duct and the right lymphatic duct in different head and neck pathologies: an imaging based study
... Computed tomography (CT) is a frequently used imaging method for pathologies of the head and neck, which repre- sents a quite complex anatomic region. Various anatomic structures such as arteries or veins have to be ...
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Lymphangiography and focal pleurodesis treatment of chylothorax with an aberrant thoracic duct following oesophagectomy: a case report
... the thoracic duct is clipped ...in thoracic duct anatomy. In our case, MRI showed thoracic duct ...normal thoracic duct runs along the right side of the ...
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Case report description of a collaborative approach to thoracic duct embolization in patients with congenital heart disease
... Percutaneous thoracic duct (TD) embolization is a minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of chylothorax and extensive interventional radiology literature exists documenting procedural indications, ...
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THE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF HUMAN THORACIC DUCT LYMPH LIPIDS
... Development of methods for obtaining thoracic duct lymph from human beings 5 and the analysis by gas-liquid chromatography GLC of the different lipids of human chyle after feeding a well[r] ...
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Transport of Apolipoproteins A I and A II by Human Thoracic Duct Lymph
... The daily transport of human plasma apolipoproteins A-I and A-II, triglyceride, and total cholesterol from the thoracic duct lymph into plasma was measured in two subjects before and three subjects after ...
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The Ortholog of LYVE 1 Is Required for Thoracic Duct Formation in Zebrafish
... LYVE-1 (also termed CRSBP-1), a 120-kDa disulfide-linked dimeric type I membrane glycoprotein, is a specific marker for lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) and exhibits multiple ligand (hyaluronic acid and growth ...
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Original Article Non-prophylactic thoracic duct ligation may be favorable prognosis factor for post-esophagectomy chylous leakage undergoing lymphangiography
... The thoracic duct was also resected and prophylactically ligated during the ...the thoracic segment of the duct while the thoracic duct above the leakage site was not visible ...
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Visualisation of the thoracic duct after popliteal lymph node injection in the pig: comparison of radiographic and thoracoscopic techniques
... ventro-dorsal thoracic radiographs were taken 3 min after the ...the thoracic duct. If the lymphangiography did not reach the thoracic duct, its maximal proximal extension was ...
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Three concurrent variations of the aberrant right subclavian artery, the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve and the right thoracic duct
... classical thoracic duct’s configuration can be seen at its termination, course, number of ducts and the loca- tion of its ...the thoracic ducts variations from 50 postmortem specimens and clas- sified them ...
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Bile salt regulation of fatty acid absorption and esterification in rat everted jejunal sacs in vitro and into thoracic duct lymph in vivo
... In contrast, in the living animal the addition of similar or higher concentrations of free bile acids to infusions of fatty acids in taurocholate micellar solutions produced no reduction[r] ...
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Diffusion of Glucose, Insulin, Inulin, and Evans Blue Protein into Thoracic Duct Lymph of Man
... The volumes of distribution of glucose, inulin, IRI, and Evans blue protein were determined by V = Q/CQ - Cf, where Q is the amount of the substance injected, Cf the initial fasting conc[r] ...
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THORACIC DUCT LYMPH IN MAN
... SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF NORMAL LYMPHOCYTE FLOW AS COMPARED WITH THAT FOUND IN A NON-LEUKEMIC PATIENT, AND Two PATIENTS WITH LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA, ONE WrrH A HIGH PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEuKo[r] ...
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DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION VIA THE THORACIC DUCT IN MAN
... However, in hyperlipemic subjects, the same ratio was 1.6 to 2.5.1 If it were assumed that all of the labeled ester and free cholesterol absorbed in lymph were retained in the plasma and[r] ...
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Chyloptysis with chylopericardium, a rare case and mini-review
... and a milky-white sputum in the lumen was confirmed with bronchoscopic examination (Fig. 3). Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) was bloody and positive for Sudan III stain. Triglycerides were high (7.91 mmol/L). A biopsy ...
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Chylothorax after surgery on congenital heart disease in newborns and infants -risk factors and efficacy of MCT-diet
... the thoracic duct, but also damage of minor chylous vessels, as well as lym- phatic congestion due to elevated central venous pres- sure or central vein ...
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Combined Studies of Complement Receptor and Surface Immunoglobulin Bearing Cells and Sheep Erythrocyte Rosette Forming Cells in Normal and Leukemic Human Lymphocytes
... spleen, thoracic duct, and peripheral lymphocytes from patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia were studied for complement receptor sites (CRL), surface immunoglobulin (SIg), and for the ability to form ...
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ALTERATIONS IN THE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF HUMAN LYMPH AND SERUM LIPOPROTEINS BY SINGLE FEEDINGS
... FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF TOTAL LIPID EXTRACTS OF HUMAN THORACIC DUCT CHYLE LIPOPROTEINS AND OF THEIR CHOLESTEROL ESTER AND TRIGLYCERIDE FRACTIONS IN FASTING STATE AND 8 TO 10 HOURS AFTE[r] ...
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The endogenous soluble VEGF receptor-2 isoform suppresses lymph node metastasis in a mouse immunocompetent mammary cancer model
... (thoracic duct); cancer cells then influx into the left subclavian vein, pass through the right ventricle of the heart and pulmonary artery, and then settle and grow in the lung ...
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