Lymphoscintigraphic studies of lymphatic drainage from the testes

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198612000-00004· OSTI ID:6862709

Yeh, S D; Morse, M J; Grando, R; Kleinert, E L; Whitmore, Jr, W F

Two colloidal radiopharmaceuticals, Au-198 and Tc-99m antimony, were used to evaluate the lymphatic drainage of the testis in experimental animals and humans. One to 24 hours after direct intratesticular injection of Au-198 colloid in dogs and 4-6 hours after injection of Tc-99m antimony colloid in men, distribution within retroperitoneal lymph nodes was demonstrated. Uptake within the para-aortic lymph nodes primarily draining the testis was decreased following proximal ligation of the spermatic vessels in dogs. Testicular lymphoscintigraphy successfully demonstrated an intact spermatic cord lymphatic communication to the para-aortic nodes in five of six patients with chronic lower-extremity lymphedema. When the intact testicle and spermatic cord were transposed to the thigh in a patient with chronic lymphedema of the lower extremity, percutaneous pedal lymphoscintigraphy successfully demonstrated uptake within the para-aortic lymph nodes draining the ipsilateral testis.

• Research Organization: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 6862709
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 12; ISSN CNMED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMALS
ANTIMONY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DOGS
DRAINAGE
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
ELEMENTS
GOLD 198
GOLD ISOTOPES
GONADS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LYMPH NODES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
MALE GENITALS
MAMMALS
MAN
METALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TESTES
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES