1 2 3 Since the greatest portion of the chyle vascular system courses through the chest via the thoracic duct it is not surprising that chyle most often extravasates into the pleural cavities.

You’ll have regular blood tests to check how well your heart and kidneys work. The thoracic duct is a tube close to the oesophagus. It is part of the lymphatic system. If you have an ...

Surgery such as pericardial window, pericardiectomy or thoracic duct ligation would be warranted only in refractory cases.3 Although the initial lymphoscintigraphy was negative, in view of strong ...

Mastitis, an infection in a clogged milk duct, can also cause axillary pain ... The condition is poorly understood, although it is strongly linked to smoking and obesity. Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS ...

Thoracic endo is a type of endometriosis that affects the lungs and diaphragm. Often thought of as rare, it is the most common extra pelvic site for endometriosis, with an estimated one to 12% of ...

A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world ...

What Is Metastatic Bile Duct Cancer and Its Causes? Bile duct cancer – also called cholangiocarcinoma – is a rare condition. When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ...

Used clinically since the 1920s, corticosteroids interrupt multiple steps in immune activation because of the ubiquitous expression of corticosteroid receptors. Corticosteroids inhibit antigen ...

Comparison of laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma involving specific sites: A ...