[Detection of varicocele by using 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid human serum albumin (99mTc-DTPA human serum albumin)].
In order to detect the varicocele, scrotal scintigraphies by using 99mTc-HSA-D were performed in 14 patients with male infertile or palpable mass in left scrotum on physical examinations. Abnormal pooling of 99mTc-HSA-D, indicative of varicocele lesion, could be found in left scrotum in 9 cases, confirmed surgically or clinically. Compared with 99mTc-HSA, 99mTc-HSA-D was superior in high uptake ratio of varicocele to soft tissue and in nonvisualization of bladder. Thus, 99mTc-HSA-D scrotal scintigraphy seemed to be of a great use to detect the varicocele.
Otsuka
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-shi, Japan.
Fukunaga
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M
Morita
K
K
Ono
S
S
Nagai
K
K
Furukawa
T
T
Yanagimoto
S
S
Tomomitsu
T
T
Kawahara
H
H
Tanaka
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C057162:technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate