76-Year-Old Man Who Underwent Esophagectomy and Thoracic Duct Ligation (IMAGE)

American Roentgen Ray Society

76-Year-Old Man Who Underwent Esophagectomy and Thoracic Duct Ligation

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Plain thoracic radiograph (A), maximum intensity projection of cone-beam CT image (B), and sagittal cone-beam CT reconstruction (C) show ethiodized oil (Lipiodol Ultra Fluid, Guerbet) extravasation (thick arrow, A-C) projected at left main bronchus 6 days after esophagectomy and thoracic duct ligation were performed. Extravasation is supplied by mediastinal collateral lymph vessels (thin arrows, A and B).

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American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), <em>American Journal of Roentgenology</em> (AJR)

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