Technetium-99m red blood cell venography in upper extremity deep venous thrombosis.
The efficacy of Tc-99m RBC venography has been demonstrated with respect to the study of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis. A case is presented where Tc-99m RBC venography was used to study the upper as well as lower extremities in a patient with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) who was found to have pulmonary embolism.
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
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