The objective of this presentation is to discuss practical issues related to the use of indirect
lymphography and lymphoscintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of lymphedema. Indirect …

Lymphoscintigraphy was performed in 128 patients with primary lymphedema, in 91 patients
with secondary lymphedema, and in 19 healthy volunteers. A total of 457 extremities were …

Methods for lymphatic imaging are numerous and can be roughly classified as anatomic or
functional studies. Direct or indirect lymphographies provide useful informations in case of …

Radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy is a useful technique for differentiating lymphedema from
other causes of swelling, and may sometimes be useful for delineating collateral lymphatics …

Purpose The primary difficulty in evaluating and treating peripheral lymphedema is
visualization of the lymphatics. Functional lymphatic studies have been performed on …

[en] Bilateral lymphoscintigraphy was performed in 128 patients with primary lymphedema,
in 91 patients with secondary lymphedema, and in 19 healthy volunteers. Technetium-99m …

The efficacy of lymphoscintigraphy in the diagnosis of lymphedema was evaluated in 17
patients (total of 20 extremities). Final diagnoses were: three extremitles with primary …

Extremity lymphedema represents a chronic debilitating disease with a high tendency to
progress, which may increase physical disability quate treatment. 1 and recurrent The …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six consecutive patients with upper and lower extremity
edema who had lymphoscintigraphy(quan titative and qualitative) were included in this …

This is the second of two pictorial essays on radionuclide imaging of the lymphatic system
and will focus on evaluation of extremity lymphoedema using lymphoscintigraphy …