Cisterna chyli at routine abdominal MR imaging: A normal anatomic structure in the retrocrural space

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 809-817

  Pinto, Pedro S ^a,c   Sirlin, Claude B ^a   Andrade Barreto, Olga A ^a   Brown, Michele A ^a   Mindelzun, Robert E ^b   Mattrey, Robert F ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abdomen, anatomy; Abdomen, CT, 995.12913; Cisterna chyli, 995.92; Lymphatic system, MR, 995.129419, 995.12943; Magnetic resonance (MR), half Fourier imaging, 995.129419; Retroperitoneal space, 995.92

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTOPSY; CYSTERNA CHYLI; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 2542541999     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.243035086     Document Type: Review

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