(Downloading may take up to 30 seconds. If the slide opens in your browser, select File -> Save As to save it.)
Terms and Conditions for Use


Click on image to view larger version.



View larger version (362K)


Figure 8a.  Chyluria in an 84-year-old woman with W bancrofti filariasis. (a) Lymphogram obtained during   the filling phase shows numerous collateral lymphatic vessels around the left kidney. Numerous lympholymphatic anastomoses are seen between both sides of the lymphatic system, a finding indicative of stasis.     (b) Lymphogram shows that the thoracic duct is obliterated and appears tortuous and expanded. These    findings are typical of filariasis. (c) CT scan obtained after lymphography shows that contrast material has flowed off into pyelocaliceal structures and shows the exact site of the leakage at the level of the left kidney. (d) Lymphogram obtained during the nodal phase at 24 hours shows contrast material in the calices of the left kidney.