A new method for the diagnosis of pelvic pathology by gammagraphy. Part I - description of the method and normal results.
This is an original method for the diagnosis of pelvic congestion, consisting in the utilization of a radio-isotope suitable for vascular examinations. We have chosen the 13mIn, injected into the patients under operating conditions identical in dosage per kg weight, position, length of exposure, day of cycle etc. The radioactivity emitted is received by an external detector, in this case the Gamma camera. The correlation between a higher degree of radioactivity and the presence of pelvic varicosities is analysed. The criteria employed were: 1 degrees the gammagraphic immages; 2 degrees the profiles taken at the level of the infundibulus and 3 degrees the "information units" measured and accumulated by the gammacamera at each point of the profile. A description of a normal pelvic gammagraphy was made, with the characteristics which define it and differenciate it from the pathologies. Finally the physiological gammagraphic variations present in multiparous patients were considered.
D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007554:Isotopes; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007554:Isotopes; D007204:Indium