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Erika J Mejia1, Hansel J Otero2, Christopher L Smith2, Molly Shipman2, Mandi Liu2, Erin Pinto2, Aaron DeWitt2, Jonathan J Rome2, Yoav Dori2, David M Biko2.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) evaluation to determine thoracic duct (TD) outlet patency. Nine patients referred for lymphatic imaging and intervention underwent percutaneous intranodal ultrasound contrast injection and conventional lymphangiography (CL). Eight of 9 patients had a patent TD by CEUS and CL. One patient did not have a patent TD. There was 100% agreement between CEUS and CL. These results suggest that CEUS is an imaging modality that might be as accurate as CL in determining TD patency.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32919824 PMCID： PMC9361865 DOI： 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.05.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Interv Radiol ISSN： 1051-0443 Impact factor: 3.682