Lymphoscintigraphy is a nuclear medicine procedure that uses a small quantity of radioactive particles for visualizing the lymphatic system.Traditionally,the radiotracer was injected subcutaneously,but the quality of ...
Lymphedema is a chronic and progressive pathological state of tissue swelling caused by congenital or acquired lymphatic abnormality.History,physical and laboratory examinations could help to diagnosis>90%lymphedema p...
Introduction: Lymphatic taping has been used extensively in several areas of physical therapy, and has been prominent in the treatment of edema. Its results are considered empirical and no study reports its effect obs...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy has become a well-established and commonplace prac-tice in many oncologic disease sites as a means to stage the regional lymphatics, avoid unnec-essary surgery and decrease patient morbidity...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is now an establishedtechnique in penile and pelvic cancers, resulting in alower mortality and morbidity when compared withthe traditional lymph node dissection. In renal cancer how...
Lymphoscintigraphy readily provides confirmation of chylothorax but not detailed localization of the leakage site. A 77-year-old woman developed traumatic chylothorax and underwent lymphoscintigraphy with radiolabeled...
Over the past two decades, the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) based on sentinel node (SN) being the first lymph node that harbors metastases, revolutionized breast cancer management. SLNB presents much less morbidi...
Lymphatic complications leading to retention,accumulation or drainage of peritoneal fluid are frequently encountered following extended or superextended lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer.1 The vast majority of these ...
Introduction: Previous mastectomy remains a contraindication to SLNB as normal drainage patterns of the breast can be disturbed. Patients diagnosed with DCIS on core biopsy and later found to have microinvasive or inv...
Objective:Sentinel lymph node biopsy(SLNB) is a minimally invasive method that helps to evaluate the status of the lymph node region of a primary tumor.A precise preoperative localization of the sentinel lymph node (S...