sodium-pertechnetate-tc-99m and Uterine-Neoplasms

A pelvic hypervascular blush often creates a diagnostic dilemma during radionuclide abdominal imaging studies in females. This blush is shown to be due to uterine vascularity that is more prominent in the secretory and menstrual phases of the menstrual cycle. Significant uterine vascularity in the earlier phases is inappropriate and may be pathologic. Three such cases are presented in which increased uterine vascularity on radionuclide imaging during the proliferative phase either lead to a diagnosis or supported a clinical finding.

Topics: Adult; Endometriosis; Female; Humans; Leiomyoma; Organotechnetium Compounds; Radionuclide Imaging; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Sugar Acids; Uterine Diseases; Uterine Neoplasms; Uterus

Topics: Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Leiomyoma; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Uterine Neoplasms

Lymphography and venography were used for diagnosis of radiation edemas of the lower limbs in patients receiving radiation or combined therapy for malignant tumors of the female genital organs. It was established that 99mTc-lymphocys could be used to detect lymphostasis, to determine the level and nature of the lymphatic trochlea. An additional study of the venous blood flow made it possible to determine the type of disorder of the lymph flow. Radionuclide methods of the investigation of the lymph flow and venous blood flow are easy to use, atraumatic and quite informative, therefore they should be recommended for the investigation of patients with radiation edemas of the limbs to determine indications for surgery.

Topics: Edema; Female; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Leg; Lymphoscintigraphy; Radiotherapy; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Uterine Neoplasms; Veins; Vulvar Neoplasms