Unusually large cisterna chyli: US and MRI findings
Articles > Article · 2005
Authors: Sadık TAMSEL, Süha Süreyya ÖZBEK, AHMET SEVER, Nevra Zehra ELMAS, G. DEMIRPOLAT
ABDOMINAL IMAGING, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2005, vol 31, pp 719-721
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-8005-z
Summary
We report a rare appearance of cisterna chyli appearing as a giant cystic structure on routine abdominal ultrasonography (US). Diagnosis was established with color Doppler US and after magnetic resonance imaging. This report describes an unusual appearance of the cisterna chyli that radiologists should be familiar with, especially on the routine conventional gray-scale US to avoid mistaking it for a pathologic condition.