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The Singaporean actor, now recovering from thyroid cancer, is limited to a zero-fat diet after complications during surgery.

IN the 1908 Christian Herter Lectures at Bellevue Hospital, Starling 1 emphasized the important influence of changes in hepatic interstitial-fluid formation on flow and composition of thoracic-duct ...

There are many methods for surgically managing idiopathic canine chylothorax, but diagnostic information collected from an individual dog will guide the specific approach. Chylothorax is the ...

External drainage of the thoracic duct can temporarily reduce tissue congestion and improve symptoms in patients with heart failure. However, loss of fluid limits the duration of this approach. Here, ...

The liver is the second largest organ in the body, weighing in at approximately 3 pounds. It is a deep reddish-brown in color, and is situated on the right side of the abdominal cavity, just below the ...

THIS paper was written to present a case of extensive chylothorax and chyloperitoneum secondary to a thrombus occluding the thoracic duct. The patient had a long venous catheter introduced through a ...

A teenager has been cured of a rare medical condition following what doctors called a “world-first” treatment. Kai, 13, was diagnosed with severe chylous ascites, which is when lymphatic fluid ...

This study aims to describe a case series of patients who underwent thoracic duct embolization (TDE) to treat traumatic iatrogenic chylothorax (TIC). Three patients were included: Case #1, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A minimally invasive catheter-based system could reduce congestion in patients hospitalized with acute ...

Lymphangiomas are rare and correspond to 0.7% to 4.0% of mediastinal tumors, and isolated mediastinal location occurs in 1% of cases. They are benign tumors that originate from a congenital ...