Lymphoscintigraphy using technetium-99m HSA-DTPA with SPECT/CT in chylothorax after childbirth

Radiat Med. 2008 Oct;26(8):508-11. doi: 10.1007/s11604-008-0265-4. Epub 2008 Oct 31.

Abstract

Technetium-99m human serum albumin diethylene-triaminepentaacetic acid (HSA-DTPA) lymphoscintigraphy with single photon emission computed tomography combined with integrated low-dose computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is useful for evaluating chylothorax. We report a case of chylothorax that occurred 2 months after childbirth in a 24-year-old woman. Lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT showed abnormal tracer accumulation in the right plural effusion, and chylothorax was diagnosed. Collateral branches of the thoracic duct were found to be ruptured during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery performed for ligation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chylothorax / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chylothorax / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
  • technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate