Breast Implants Fluid
Are there trigylcerides in lymph fluid, what is the significance and is there a normal value?
We sent aspiration fluid and a trigylceride level was ordered. We have no levels for normal but a triglyceride value was computed. I would like to know if lymph fluid normally contains triglycerides, if so what level and if not what would be the significance of the presence? The aspiration was on a patient with a breast implant who developed a collection of fluid and some of the fluid was aspirated from the breast and certain that it was not from the implant.
Lymphatics and the absorption and transport of fats
Small quantities of very small fatty acids are able to directly enter the intestinal capillaries of the villi of the small intestine and hence enter
the blood stream in this way. However, the majority of the fatty acids are long chained and are absorbed quiet differently. This happens
within the intestinal lumen, bile salts from aggregates (called micelles that are water soluble). Fatty acids and monoglycerides are
aggregated into the centers of the micelles. The micellas transport the fatty acids and monoglycerides to the brush borders of the villi. The
micelles continue their ferrying function in the intestinal lumen. Within the epithelial cells, the fatty acids and monoglycerides are
resynthesised into triglycerides. The triglycerides combine and cholesterol, lipoprotein, and phospholipids to form globules called
chylomicrons. The chylomicrons leave the epithelial cells and enter into the lacteal of the villus. Lymphatic vessels then carry the
chylomicrons to the venous blood of the left subclavian vein via the thoracic duct.
IDK normal levels in lymph fluid
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