title: [Detection of varicocele by using 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid human serum albumin (99mTc-DTPA human serum albumin)].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-shi, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C057162:technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate