Therapeutic Lymphography – Clinical Results in a Patient Cohort Observed for 18 Years
E Alejandre Lafont, C Krompiec, WS Rau, AC Langheinrich · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2009 · Heft 05
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Ziele: In the past, conventional lymphography (LAG) has been the „Gold-Standard“ for imaging the lymphatic system. However, the number of lymphographic investigations has declined markedly since the introduction of cross-sectional imaging techniques, especially computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Therefore, the aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcome of 200 conventional lymphograms in 192 patients. Methode: Between 08/1990 and 1/2008, 192 patients (130 women, 62 men, age 3–87, mean 52.4 years) underwent LAG for diagnostic (n=142) or therapeutic (n=50) indi…