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Published on: March 12, 2020
Lymphoscintigraphy using technetium-99m HSA-DTPA with SPECT/CT in chylothorax after childbirth
Mitsuhiro Momose1, Satoshi Kawakami, Tomonobu Koizumi
1Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan. momosemi@shinshu-u.ac.jp
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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