title: The lymphatic drainage of the human ovary in vivo investigated by isotopic lymphography before and after the menopause.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vanneuville
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mestas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Bouedec
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veyre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dauplat
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Escande
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guillot
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; C030576:technetium Tc 99m rhenium colloid; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium