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Table 1 Overview of mean imaging based diameters of the thoracic duct in literature

From: Morphology of the distal thoracic duct and the right lymphatic duct in different head and neck pathologies: an imaging based study

Authors

Imaging Modality

Mean Diameter

Range

Liu et al. [1]

CT

4.8 mm

Kiyonaga et al. [15]

CT

2.3 mm

1.1–2.8 mm

Yu et al. [9]

MRI

3.6 ± 0.1 mm

Takahashi et al. [7]

MRI

3.75 ± 0.81 mm

2.62–5.57 mm

Seeger et al. [5]

US

2.5 mm

Zironi et al. [17]

US

1.9 ± 0.5 mm

Parasher et al. [20]

US

2.43 mm

1.5–4 mm

  1. CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, US Ultrasound