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Lymphatics

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Recent developments in lymphatic imaging have improved our understanding of the central lymphatic disorders and their management. Magnetic resonance (MR) lymphangiography has been increasingly used as an initial imaging modality for the diagnosis of lymphatic disorders, guiding treatment decisions and evaluating outcomes after treatment in the pediatric population.

MR lymphangiography has several advantages over conventional fluoroscopic intranodal lymphangiography with oil contrast. It has the ability to obtain high-quality cross-sectional anatomical information and real-time dynamic imaging while avoiding exposure to ionizing radiation and other risks of oil contrast in patients with a right-to-left cardiac shunt, severe pulmonary insufficiency, and thyroid dysfunction.

This chapter reviews up-to-date imaging techniques and clinical applications of MR lymphangiography for assessing the central conducting lymphatic ducts and their abnormalities in the pediatric population.

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  1. Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UNC Medical Center/University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Kyung Rae Kim

  2. Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Y. Lee

  3. Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Raja Shaikh

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  1. Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Y. Lee

  2. Division of Pediatric Radiology, Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York, NY, USA

    Mark C. Liszewski

  3. Division of Pediatric Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael S. Gee

  4. Alta Excelência Diagnóstica and Department of Radiology, Clínica Diagnóstico por Imagem (CDPI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Pedro Daltro

  5. Department of Interventional Radiology and Body Imaging, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Ricardo Restrepo

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Kim, K.R., Lee, E.Y., Shaikh, R. (2020). Lymphatics. In: Lee, E., Liszewski, M., Gee, M., Daltro, P., Restrepo, R. (eds) Pediatric Body MRI. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31989-2_4

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