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- Title
Lympho-SPECT/CT as a Key Tool in the Management of a Patient with Chylous Ascites.
- Authors
Iuele, Francesca; Rubini, Dino; Altini, Corinna; Mammucci, Paolo; Pisani, Antonio Rosario
- Abstract
Chylous ascites is a rare form of ascites usually associated with cirrhosis, abdominal malignancies, surgeries or infections. We presented a case of chylous ascites after robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy (PLDN-RALP), in which the correct diagnosis was achieved by SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy. A 72-year-old male developed chylous ascites after surgery and underwent lymphoscintigraphy with radiolabeled albumin nanocolloids for the supplementary study of the lymph flow and to detect a possible site of leakage. The scintigraphic imaging demonstrated the abdominal effusion and lymph stasis in the left iliac region. The combination of planar imaging with SPECT/CT can resolve the assessment of chylous disorders.
- Subjects
ASCITES; SINGLE-photon emission computed tomography; PROSTATECTOMY; ALBUMINS; EXUDATES &; transudates
- Publication
Biomedicines, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
2227-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biomedicines11020282