The lymphatic drainage of the human ovary in vivo investigated by isotopic lymphography before and after the menopause.
The authors report 14 lymphoscintigraphies of the ovary, 8 before and 6 after the menopause. Injection of colloid labeled with technetium 99 m with elective lymphatic absorption was made into the mesovarium under laparoscopic control. Frontal and lateral images of the lymphatic drainage were made with a gamma camera 4-6 h after injection. Even in this short preliminary series, the premenopausal women showed major local and regional lymphatic circulation with drainage to the lumbo-aortic and pelvic nodes. After the menopause the lymphatic flow decreased and drainage was essentially by the aorto-lumbar nodes.
Vanneuville
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Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Mestas
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D
Le Bouedec
G
G
Veyre
A
A
Dauplat
J
J
Escande
G
G
Guillot
M
M
D000328:Adult; D003102:Colloids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds
D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; C030576:technetium Tc 99m rhenium colloid; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium