The cisterna chyli: Prevalence, characteristics and predisposing factors

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Feuerlein, Sebastian ^a   Kreuzer, Georg ^a   Schmidt, Stefan A ^b   Muche, Rainer ^a   Juchems, Markus S ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a   Brambs, Hans Juergen ^a   Pauls, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisterna chyli; Computed tomography; Lymphatic system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTERNA CHYLI; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC DUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC DUCT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249083599     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1116-5     Document Type: Article

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