Visualization of the lymphatic system is clinically necessary during diagnosis or treatment of
many conditions and diseases; it is used for identifying and monitoring lymphedema, for …

Lymphedema is often accepted as an inevitable and untreatable common consequence of
breast cancer management. There has been little investigation of its pathophysiology, but …

An ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) preparation was evaluated as a
potential intravenous contrast agent for lymph nodes. Relaxation time measurements and …

Lymphatic vessels play a major role in cancer progression and in postsurgical lymphedema,
and several new therapeutic approaches targeting lymphatics are currently being …

In a prospective study, 20 patients with arm lymphedema after breast cancer
treatmentunderwent liposuction combined with Controlled Compression Therapy (CCT) or …

The authors assessed the use of magnetic resonance imaging in differentiating
lymphedema, phlebedema, and lipedema of the lower limb. They examined 14 patients: five …

MATERIALS AND METhODS Between June 1989 and May 1996, lymphoscintigraphy was
performed on 18patients with chyluria (9 women, 2 men), chyluria and chyloperitoneum (2 …

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 …

To obtain high-resolution radionuclide Iymphoscintigraphic images of affected limbs in
persons with both symptomatic and asymptomatic filarial infection, 36 volunteers were …

PURPOSE: To investigate the utility of a monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticle (MION) as a
contrast agent in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of lymph nodes. MATERIALS AND …