IN the 1908 Christian Herter Lectures at Bellevue Hospital, Starling 1 emphasized the important influence of changes in hepatic interstitial-fluid formation on flow and composition of thoracic-duct ...
Chyle leak or discharge can occur as a result of thoracic duct injury (injury to the structure that returns lymph and chyle from the lower half of the body). Injury can happen during surgery, from ...
Chylous disorders—most commonly manifesting as chylothorax or chylous ascites—arise from disruption or dysfunction of the lymphatic ductal system and carry risks of nutritional depletion, ...