Icteric Thoracic Duct Lymph

Lymph flow dynamics into the thoracic duct of the rat.

Lymph flow into the thoracic duct of rats is reduced by 60% through immobilization with anesthesia. From this reduction, changes of the autonomic nervous activity by alpha-chloralose accounts for 20%. Pancuronium bromide blocking of the skeletal neuromuscular junction reduces lymph flow in the anesthetized rats by an additional 4%.

Lymphocytes in thoracic duct intestinal and hepatic lymph.

The fatty acid composition of human thoracic duct lymph lipids.

Fernandes, Van de Kamer and Weijers (1) in studying a child with chylothorax found that the pattern of the fatty acids in the chyle was influenced by the kind of fat fed, but significant differences between chyle and dietary fat always remained. Recent experiments with carboxyl-labeled fatty acids by Blomstrand and co-workers (2-4) indicate that the chyle triglycerides constitute the main trans...

Thoracic duct and hepatic lymph in idiopathic portal hypertension.

Lymph dynamics in idiopathic portal hypertension has been studied in two phases. In the first phase thoracic duct lymph transport was studied in 11 patients with idiopathic portal hypertension by cannulating the duct. This revealed altered lymph transport in the form of a distended thoracic duct, raised pressure in the duct, and haemorrhagic lymph with an increased flow rate. The lymph flow rat...

Diuretics, hepatic and thoracic duct lymph flows in the dog.

1. Simultaneous thoracic duct and hepatic lymph flows were measured in 29 mongrel dogs before and after the intravenous administration of mannitol, ethacrynic acid, frusemide and chlorothiazide in separate experiments. 2. Thoracic duct lymph flow increased significantly after each diuretic agent was administered. 3. Hepatic lymph flow increased only after ethacrynic acid and mannitol administra...