Right lymphatic duct
Collecting ducts · 1 cm Right upper quadrant
A vessel only about a centimetre long formed by the right jugular, subclavian and bronchomediastinal trunks, draining the right side of the head and neck, the right upper limb and the right hemithorax into the right venous angle. In many people the three trunks open separately rather than uniting.
Traced from the start
- Head and neck
- Gut and abdominal visceraTestis and ovary
- Deep cervical nodesLeft supraclavicular (Virchow's) node
- Upper limbBreast
- Axillary nodes
- Lungs and thoracic viscera
- Tracheobronchial and mediastinal nodesParasternal (internal mammary) nodes
- Jugular lymph trunksSubclavian lymph trunksBronchomediastinal trunks
- Right lymphatic duct
Detail
- Length
- About 1 cm
- Territory
- Right head and neck, right upper limb, right lung, right heart and right chest wall
- Ends
- Right venous angle
- Variation
- Trunks commonly drain into the vein independently
When it goes wrong
Right neck dissection or subclavian line insertion
Chylous leak on the right, usually low volume and self-limiting
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