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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;26(8):508-11.
doi: 10.1007/s11604-008-0265-4. Epub 2008 Oct 31.

Lymphoscintigraphy using technetium-99m HSA-DTPA with SPECT/CT in chylothorax after childbirth

Mitsuhiro Momose  1 , Satoshi Kawakami, Tomonobu Koizumi, Kazuo Yoshida, Shintaro Kanda, Ryoichi Kondo, Masumi Kadoya
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Lymphoscintigraphy using technetium-99m HSA-DTPA with SPECT/CT in chylothorax after childbirth

Mitsuhiro Momose et al. Radiat Med. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

Technetium-99m human serum albumin diethylene-triaminepentaacetic acid (HSA-DTPA) lymphoscintigraphy with single photon emission computed tomography combined with integrated low-dose computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is useful for evaluating chylothorax. We report a case of chylothorax that occurred 2 months after childbirth in a 24-year-old woman. Lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT showed abnormal tracer accumulation in the right plural effusion, and chylothorax was diagnosed. Collateral branches of the thoracic duct were found to be ruptured during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery performed for ligation.

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