"Thoracic Duct" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The largest lymphatic vessel that passes through the chest and drains into the SUBCLAVIAN VEIN.
Descriptor ID |
D013897
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MeSH Number(s) |
A15.382.520.301.750
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Concept/Terms |
Thoracic Duct- Thoracic Duct
- Duct, Thoracic
- Ducts, Thoracic
- Thoracic Ducts
Cisterna Chyli- Cisterna Chyli
- Chyli, Cisterna
- Chylus, Cisterna
- Cisterna Chylus
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2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Duct" by people in Profiles.
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Interventional Therapies for Thoracic Duct Injury and Intractable Chylothorax. J Thorac Imaging. 2019 Jul; 34(4):258-265.
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Spontaneous cervical chyle fistula: A case report. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 Jul - Aug; 40(4):598-600.
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Superselective retrograde lymphatic duct embolization for management of postoperative lymphatic leak. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 23(5):379-380.
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Thoracoscopic Thoracic Duct Ligation for Congenital and Acquired Disease. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2015 Jul; 25(7):605-7.
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Somatostatin analog treatment of a cervical thoracic duct fistula. Head Neck. 2002 Aug; 24(8):810-3.
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Thoracic duct ligation for chylopericardium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1998 Mar; 115(3):734.
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One-lung ventilation during video-assisted thoracoscopic ligation of a thoracic duct in a three-year-old child. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1994 Oct; 8(5):559-62.
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Massive primary chylopericardium: a case report. J Pediatr Surg. 1990 Aug; 25(8):840-2.