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. 2023 Sep 18;11(9):2556. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11092556

Table 2.

Imaging findings of X-ray lymphangiograms. Findings of the entire patient cohort as well as patient subgroups with thoracic (chylothorax/chylopericardium), abdominal (chylous ascites) or abdomino-thoracic (chylothorax/chylopericardium and chylous ascites) effusions.

Overall
[n = 78]
Thoracic
[n = 48]
Abdominal
[n = 22]
Abdomino-Thoracic
[n = 8]
Leakage 38
(48.7%)
29
(60.4%)
8
(36.4%)
1
(12.5%)
Chylolymphatic reflux 11
(14.1%)
10
(20.8%)
0
(0.0%)
1
(12.5%)
Obstruction with reflux or leakage 4
(5.1%)
3
(6.3%)
0
(0.0%)
1
(12.5%)
Obstruction without reflux or leakage 18
(23.1%)
3
(6.3%)
11
(50.0%)
4
(50.0%)
Lymphatic mass 4
(5.1%)
3
(6.3%)
0
(0.0%)
1
(12.5%)
Normal findings 3
(3.8%)
0
(0.0%)
3
(13.6%)
0
(0.0%)