Retrograde Distal Thoracic Duct Leak Embolization via Access Through Lymphocele After Thyroidectomy and Neck Dissection

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Edward Wolfgang Lee (Division of Interventional Radiology and Liver Transplant Surgery, Department of Radiology and Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) ;
Dong Jae Shim (Department of Radiology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Doyoung Kim (Department of Radiology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Seung Hwan Baek (Department of Radiology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)

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