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 …

Lymphedema—edema that results from chronic lymphatic insufficiency—is a chronic
debilitating disease that is frequently misdiagnosed, treated too late, or not treated at all …

This paper overviews the problem of the clinical basis, diagnosis and available therapy
modalities for lymphoedema. Regarding diagnostics, the measurement of circumference …

The characteristics of lymphedema on radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy were studied, and
the diagnostic value of radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy in lymphedema was evaluated. In …

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

BACKGROUND: The elementary diagnostic method for the detection of lymph circulation
abnormalities in extremities is lymphoscintigraphy. This method provides information on the …

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

Confirmation of the diagnosis of lymphedema often requires lymphangiography, a
procedure that is painful for the patient and technically demanding. Radioisotope …

Lymphoscintigraphy is a safe and reliabletechnique for investigating lymphedema.
However, interpretation of delayed planarconventional imaging may be questionable dueto …

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