Lymphoedema: Lymphoscintigraphy versus other diagnostic techniques - A clinician's point of view

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-43

  Tomczak, Hanna ^a   Nyka, Wiesława ^a   Lass, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Lymphatic oedema; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; GOLD 198; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; RHENIUM TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASSAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TONOMETRY; VOLUMETRY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 21444455522     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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