| A Case of Primary Chylopericardium in Which Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Scan with Lymphangiography Was Useful |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan)
| Noriyuki Kato |
Hajime Sakurai |
Tomonobu Abe |
| Hiroki Hasegawa |
Sadanari Sawaki |
Takahisa Sakurai |
| Junya Sugiura |
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A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with cardiomegaly on a routine chest X-ray was given a diagnosis of primary chylopericardium after pericardial puncture revealed milky effusion. Endoscopy-assisted ligation of the thoracic duct and creation of a pericardial window was performed. The operation was greatly facilitated by the preoperative three-dimensional CT scan with lymphangiography that precisely demonstrated the distribution of the thoracic duct and other lymphatic ducts.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 35: 246-250 (2006) |
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