Imaging Appearance of Enlarged Cisterna Chyli Mimicking Retroperitoneal Nodal Disease; A Rare Case Report

Authors

  • Honeyia Imran SKMH Lahore
  • Taimoor Ali Tariq SKMH Lahore
  • Muzammil Rasheed Bhutta Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2146-9284
  • Zeeshan Sipra Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad
  • Islah Ud Din SKMH Lahore
  • Arqam Awais SKMH Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48036/apims.v13i4.910

Keywords:

Cisterna chyli

Abstract

It is very common to see enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes. However there are circumstances where we report an enlarged retroperitoneal lymph node that is actually not pathological rather an enlarged cisterna chyli mimicking retroperitoneal nodal disease.

A case report of a patient with known hepatocellular carcinoma, CT scan triphasic liver was performed and a finding was made with enlarged retroperitoneal lymph node involved by the disease process, however MRI and FNAC correlation was advised, which turned out to be an enlarged cisterna chyli rather than enlarged retroperitoneal node.

Author Biographies

Honeyia Imran, SKMH Lahore

Fellow Body Imaging

Taimoor Ali Tariq, SKMH Lahore

Consultant Radiologist

Muzammil Rasheed Bhutta, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad

Fellow Body Imaging

Zeeshan Sipra, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad

Fellow Interventional Radiology

Islah Ud Din, SKMH Lahore

Consultant Radiologist

Arqam Awais, SKMH Lahore

Resident Radiology

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Published

2024-01-09

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2023): October-December

Section

Case Reports

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