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Vascular Interventions: Lymphangiography and Thoracic Duct Embolization

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Recently there has been a resurgence in the use of lymphangiography related to development of percutaneous embolization methods to treat lymphatic leaks and technical simplification of the procedure. Constantin Cope pioneered thoracic duct and lymphatic vessel interventions that have now been reported in pediatric patients. The development of intranodal contrast administration has greatly simplified the procedure.

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  1. Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1X8

    Michael Temple M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.)

  2. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Ganesh Krishnamurthy M.D., D.N.B.

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Temple, M., Krishnamurthy, G. (2014). Vascular Interventions: Lymphangiography and Thoracic Duct Embolization. In: Temple, M., Marshalleck, F. (eds) Pediatric Interventional Radiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5856-3_16

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