Lymphatic Plastic Bronchitis Secondary to Thoracic Duct Stenosis
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Thoracic duct embolization, unexplained thoracic duct occlusions, and lymphatic anomalies.
I read with interest the article by Nadolski and Itkin 1 in CHEST (January 2013) on thoracic duct embolization (TDE) for nonmixed GGO lesions (80%). 5 Moreover, the sensitivity is lower for smaller lesions (35%-67% for those 10 mm) than larger lesions. 4 , 5 False-negative rates were reported to be about 20% to 30%. 3 , 5 The rate of concordance between core needle and surgical biopsies in m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.01.037