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Fig. 2. —Intestinal trunk and lumbar lymphatic trunks in 35-year-old man with abnormal results on liver function tests. Heavily T2-weighted consecutive axial MR images show intestinal trunk (white arrow), which carries lymph from gastrointestinal tract at point at which it drains into cisterna chyli. This trunk can be seen piercing diaphragmatic crus (not shown) during its course from mesentery to retrocrural space. Bilaterally located paravertebral ovoid hyperintense structures are consistent with lumbar trunks (black arrows) draining lymph of lower extremities and pelvis.