chyle
Sign in to saveChyle (; ) is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids (FFAs). It is formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods, and taken up by lymph vessels specifically known as lacteals. The lipids in the chyle are colloidally suspended in chylomicrons. Its principal role is to carry dietary fats and fat-soluble vitamins from the intestine into the venous circulation after digestion.
Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Chyle
- Anatomy.image
- Chylothorax.jpg
- Anatomy.caption
- Chyle drained from someone with chylothorax, showing the characteristic milky appearance of the liquid.
- Anatomy.system
- Lymphatic system
- Anatomy.location
- Formed in the small intestine
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Research
2,765 papers- Nutritional support in adults with chyle leaks.Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2016
- Management of Chyle Leak in Pediatric Surgical Oncology: A Systematic Review.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2024
- Post-operative chyle leak following nephrectomy: Inference from tertiary care center and review of literature.Urologia · 2024
- Chyle Leak After Axillary Node Clearance in Breast Cancer Surgery-A Rare Complication and a Proposed Management Strategy from the British and Italian Experience.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022
- Chyle Leak After Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomy: Literature Review And Management.Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- body fluid
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- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C93166
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000030
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- Chyle
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Clinical significance
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Chyle (; ) is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids (FFAs). It is formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods, and taken up by lymph vessels specifically known as lacteals. The lipids in the chyle are colloidally suspended in chylomicrons. Its principal role is to carry dietary fats and fat-soluble vitamins from the intestine into the venous circulation after digestion.
==Clinical significance== A chyle fistula occurs when defect(s) of lymphatic vessel(s) result in leakage of lymphatic fluid, typically accumulating in the thoracic (pleural) or abdominal (peritoneal) cavities, leading to a chylous pleural effusion (chylothorax) or chylous ascites, respectively. Leakage of lymphatic fluid and decreased chyle volume result in the loss of fluid, electrolytes, proteins, and lymphocytes, leading to complications with nutrition, wound healing, and immunity.
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