AJR 193, December 2009
Siva P. Raman, Sudhakar N. J. Pipavath, Ganesh Raghu, Rodnev A Schmidt, J David Godwin
OBJECTIVE. This review will focus on radiographic description of lymphangiomas, lymphangiohemangiomas, pulmonary lymphangiomatosis, lymphangiectasis. lymphangio- leiomyomatosis, lymphatic dysplasia, and traumatic lymphatic injury.
CONCLUSION. Diseases of the thoracic lymphatic system have a wide variety of unique radiographic manifestations, all of which can be explained by the underlying pathophysiology and relationship to the normal distribution of lymphatics in the chest.