lymphogram
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Lymphography is a medical imaging technique in which a radiocontrast agent is injected, and then an X-ray picture is taken to visualise structures of the lymphatic system, including lymph nodes, lymph ducts, lymphatic tissues, lymph capillaries and lymph vessels. Lymphangiography is the same procedure, used only to visualize the lymph vessels. The x-ray film or image of the lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes is called a lymphogram or a lymphangiogram.
Research
8,613 papers- Lipid cerebral embolization following lymphogram.Clinical neuropharmacology · 1985
- Lymphography.Thorax · 1970
- Uterine lymphogram following hysterosalpingography.The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine · 1966
- [Detection of a lymphovenous shunt in the lymphogram].Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin · 1967
- Lymphogram control during pelvic lymphadenectomy.Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1971
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Lymphography is a medical imaging technique in which a radiocontrast agent is injected, and then an X-ray picture is taken to visualise structures of the lymphatic system, including lymph nodes, lymph ducts, lymphatic tissues, lymph capillaries and lymph vessels. Lymphangiography is the same procedure, used only to visualize the lymph vessels. The x-ray film or image of the lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes is called a lymphogram or a lymphangiogram.
Radiographs can be taken after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium into small lymphatic vessels (these are made visible by prior subcutaneous injection of patent blue dye). The resulting lymphogram is used to find the locations of large vessels and nodes, and to identify sites of blockage in lymphatic drainage.