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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008;1131:13–36. doi: 10.1196/annals.1413.002

FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 7

Coronal maximum intensity projection images of a 28-year-old male. Three dimensional heavily T2-weighted images were obtained in the expiratory phase when the diaphragm was at the highest level. (A to C) A high intensity linear structure clearly identifies thoracic duct. Arrows identify a saccular structure to be cysterna chili, and arrowheads indicate lumbar lymphatics and para-aortic lymphatic trunks. The lymphatics were solely identified on the basis of the knowledge of systemic anatomy. (From Matsushima et al.56 Reproduced by permission.)