1. Surgical Ligation of Cisterna Chyli: An Alternative Treatment for Chronic Chylothorax in Children 
Anna Zanin, MD, Massimo A. Padalino, MD, PhD, Alessia Cerutti, MD, PhD, Vladimiro L. Vida, MD, PhD, Ornella Milanesi, MD, Giovanni Stellin, MD, Romeo Bardini, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages (November 2010)
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2. Fig 1
Cisterna chyli can be recognized on the right side of the aorta at the diaphragmatic hiatus. The arrows in the magnified inset indicate the sites of ligation at the level of the hiatus and on the lymphatic tributaries on the left side of the aorta.
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