Intranodal lymphangiography with lipiodol as a diagnostic and therapeutic approach for spontaneous cervical chyle leak

Yuki Sasaki; Yusuke Sakuhara; Satoru Sasaki; Taku Maeda; Yuhei Yamamoto; Kosuke Ishikawa

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8161

Intranodal lymphangiography with lipiodol as a diagnostic and therapeutic approach for spontaneous cervical chyle leak

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Dec 19;11(12):e8161. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8161. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Yuki Sasaki^{1

2}, Yusuke Sakuhara³, Satoru Sasaki², Taku Maeda¹, Yuhei Yamamoto¹, Kosuke Ishikawa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan.
² Center for Vascular Anomalies, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Tonan Hospital Sapporo Japan.
³ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Tonan Hospital Sapporo Japan.

Abstract

We present a case of spontaneous cervical chyle leak that showed as left-sided neck swelling. Spontaneous chyle leak is extremely rare. Lymphangiography with lipiodol is useful as a diagnostic and therapeutic approach for chyle leak.

Keywords: dermatology; radiology & imaging; vascular surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports