LYMPHEDEMA AND PERIPHERAL LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY

Year 2024, Volume: 87 Issue: 3, 253 - 260, 19.07.2024

Ayşe Mudun

https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1452389

Abstract

Peripheral lymphedema occurs because of mechanical or func tional obstruction of the lymphatic system. Accurate diagnosis is important for the appropriate management of patients with lymphedema. Lymphoscintigraphy is a useful technique among the first-choice methods to detect lymphedema. Factors affect ing the outcome of the test and different test protocols can make it difficult to interpret. The aim of this review is to provide a literature-based overview of the aetiology and diagnostic meth ods of extremity lymphedema and to summarise the current knowledge on lymphoscintigraphy protocols and interpretation.

Keywords

Peripheral lymphedema, lymphoscintigraphy, scin tigraphy protocols

LENFÖDEM VE PERİFERİK LENFOSİNTİGRAFİ

Abstract

Periferik ekstremite lenfödemi lenfatik sistemin mekanik veya fonksiyonel obstrüksiyonu sonucunda oluşur. Lenfödemli has taların uygun şekilde yönetilebilmesi için doğru tanı konulması önemlidir. Lenödemin saptanması için ilk tercih edilecek yön temler arasında lenfosintigrafi önemli bir yer tutar. Testin sonucu nu etkileyen faktörler, farklı test protokollerinin yorumlanmasını zorlaştırabilir. Bu derlemenin amacı, alt ekstremite lenfödeminin etiyolojisi ve tanı yöntemleri hakkında literatüre dayalı bir bakış sağlamak ve lenfosintigrafi protokolleri ve yorumlaması hakkın daki güncel bilgileri özetlemektir.

Keywords

Periferik lenfödem, lenfosintigrafi, sintigrafi protokolleri

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