Serial dacryoscintigraphy before and after treatment with pseudoephedrine.
Radionuclide dacryoscintigraphy is an accurate physiologic method for evaluating the nasolacrimal drainage apparatus. The following case report illustrates the role of this procedure in the initial workup of epiphora, as well as its value in assessing response to therapy with pseudoephedrine.
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Andre Meyer Department of Physics-Nuclear Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029.
Palestro
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Solomon
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Goldsmith
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D000368:Aged; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013997:Time Factors
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D004809:Ephedrine