Uptake of 99mTc-tripolyphosphate in thrombotic leg.
Thirtyeight patients with suspected thrombosis in the legs were investigated scintigraphically using 99mTc-tripolyphosphate. The ratio between the activity in the leg with suspected thrombosis and the other leg was calculated. The results were compared with those obtained with phlebography. A pathologically high activity ratio was found in all but one of the 18 patients in whom phlebography showed a thrombus. The ratio was normal in 13 of the 20 patients with normal phlebographic findings. The possible use of the method described as a postoperative screening test is discussed.
D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D010710:Phosphates; D011859:Radiography; D013667:Technetium; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D010710:Phosphates; D013667:Technetium