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Background: Investigation into filarial lymphedema has been hampered by the lack of a simple, safe, and easily repeated test to image the peripheral lymphatic system. Recent refinements in radionuclide lymphangioscintigraphy have established this noninvasive technique as the initial procedure of choice for visualizing lymphatics. Accordingly, we applied lymphangioscintigraphy to patients with filariasis and, for purposes of interpretation, compared the findings with those in patients with non-filarial lymphedema. Methods: Thirty-three patients with classic symptoms or signs consistent with acute or chronic filariasis underwent lymphangioscintigraphy, and the findings were compared with those in five patients without lymphatic dysfunction and in 50 other patients with primary or secondary lymphedema without exposure to filariasis. Results: As in patients with nonfilarial lymphedema, scintigraphic abnormalities in the 33 patients with filariasis included delayed or absent tracer transport of the radiotracer (25 patients), tortuous and bizarre deep lymphatics (seven patients), dermal diffusion (15 patients), retrograde tracer flow (six patients), and faint or absent regional nodal visualization (14 patients). Even in patients with long-standing filarial lymphedema, peripheral trunks were often visualized (at least in part), and regional nodes and more central lymphatics sometimes filled after light exercise. In some of the latter patients, however, discrete lymphatic trunks were not detected. Conclusion: Lymphangioscintigraphy is a simple, safe, reliable, noninvasive method with which to examine the peripheral lymphatic system, including truncal and nodal abnormalities, in endemic populations with occult and overt lymphatic filariasis.

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This study presents the use of an improved radionuclide imaging technique for diagnosing congenital and acquired lymphedema, or swelling of the lymph glands, in either the upper or lower extremities. A digital gamma camera, in conjunction with the intradermal injection of radioactive technetium-99m (Tc-99m), was employed as a means of accomplishing whole-body lymphangioscintigraphy (LAS). There are limitations to the technique, however. Detailed assessment of lymph node structures, specifically those associated with primary or metastatic malignancy, is not possible with LAS. Such information, after screening with LAS, is best depicted by conventional lymphography or with computed tomography (CT). LAS best illustrates peripheral lymphatic anatomy and function below the groin or armpit.

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