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'''Cisterna chyli''' is a structure of the lymphatic system at inferior aspect of the thoracic duct.<ref name=pmid36206050>{{cite journal |authors=Moazzam S, O'Hagan LA, Clarke AR, Itkin M, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Mirjalili SA |title=The cisterna chyli: a systematic review of definition, prevalence, and anatomy |journal=Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol |volume=323 |issue=5 |pages=H1010–H1018 |date=November 2022 |pmid=36206050 |doi=10.1152/ajpheart.00375.2022 |url=}}</ref> | '''Cisterna chyli''' is a structure of the lymphatic system at inferior aspect of the thoracic duct.<ref name=pmid36206050>{{cite journal |authors=Moazzam S, O'Hagan LA, Clarke AR, Itkin M, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Mirjalili SA |title=The cisterna chyli: a systematic review of definition, prevalence, and anatomy |journal=Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol |volume=323 |issue=5 |pages=H1010–H1018 |date=November 2022 |pmid=36206050 |doi=10.1152/ajpheart.00375.2022 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==General== | |||
*Dilation associated with cirrhosis.<ref name=pmid18219518>{{cite journal |authors=Verma SK, Mitchell DG, Bergin D, Lakhman Y, Austin A, Verma M, Assis D, Herrine SK, Parker L |title=Dilated cisternae chyli: a sign of uncompensated cirrhosis at MR imaging |journal=Abdom Imaging |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=211–6 |date=2009 |pmid=18219518 |doi=10.1007/s00261-008-9369-7 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
*Location: vertebral level of T10 to L3.<ref name=pmid36206050/> | *Location: vertebral level of T10 to L3.<ref name=pmid36206050/> | ||
*Size range: 2 to 32 mm.<ref name=pmid36206050/> | *Size range: 2 to 32 mm.<ref name=pmid36206050/> | ||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:{{fact}} | |||
*Thin-walled lymphovascular space. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Lymphangioma]]. | |||
==IHC== | |||
Features:{{fact}} | |||
*D2-40 +ve. | |||
*CD31 +ve. | |||
*ERG +ve. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:06, 29 November 2024
Cisterna chyli is a structure of the lymphatic system at inferior aspect of the thoracic duct.[1]
General
- Dilation associated with cirrhosis.[2]
Gross
Microscopic
Features:[citation needed]
- Thin-walled lymphovascular space.
DDx:
IHC
Features:[citation needed]
- D2-40 +ve.
- CD31 +ve.
- ERG +ve.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Moazzam S, O'Hagan LA, Clarke AR, Itkin M, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Mirjalili SA (November 2022). "The cisterna chyli: a systematic review of definition, prevalence, and anatomy". Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 323 (5): H1010–H1018. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00375.2022. PMID 36206050.
- ↑ Verma SK, Mitchell DG, Bergin D, Lakhman Y, Austin A, Verma M, Assis D, Herrine SK, Parker L (2009). "Dilated cisternae chyli: a sign of uncompensated cirrhosis at MR imaging". Abdom Imaging 34 (2): 211–6. doi:10.1007/s00261-008-9369-7. PMID 18219518.