Demonstration of the thoracic duct by 123I heptadecanoic acid. Report of a case.

Acta Radiol

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Københavns Amts Sygehus, Herlev, Denmark.

Published: March 1988

The thoracic duct was visualized following ingestion of 123I heptadecanoic acid in a healthy volunteer and in a patient with a growing chyle cyst. The visualization indicated that operative removal of the cyst would not interfere with the lymphatic drainage from the intestines.

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