title: [Clinical evaluation of lymphoscintigraphy in urological disease].
abstract: Clinical efficacy of lymphoscintigraphy was evaluated in 31 cases of urological disease. To diagnose metastatic change of malignant tumor, 99mTc-rhenium colloid (5mCi) was administrated from bilateral pedal region. Of these patients 12 had true positive finding, 2 had false positive finding, 2 had false negative finding, and 8 had true negative finding defined by lymphoscintigram and pathological finding. Overall accuracy of lymphoscintigraphy revealed 83% in correlation of pathological finding, 78% in lymphangiography. Accuracy between lymphangiography and pathological finding was 80%. The overall clinical efficacy of lymphoscintigraphy was the same as lymphangiography. The merit of this method was that we can examine easily, painlessly, and frequently.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017556:Technetium Compounds; C030576:technetium Tc 99m rhenium colloid; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium