Lympha NM Flashcards
Chylous Ascites
Triglycerides >110 mg/dL
Total protein count 1.4-6.4 g/dL
Primary lymphedema
<0.5%
Congenital, during puberty, adult
Praecox/tardal
Familial form lymphedema
Milroy disease - early onset, VEGFR3
Meiges sy
Klippel - Trenaunay sy
Hereditary lymphedema
Lymphedema-distichiasis (double row of eyelashes)
FOXC2 gene
Genetic lymphedema
Turner sy
Noonan sy
Particles <100 nm
Enter lymphatic capillaries and transport to LN
Phagocytosis
Particles <30 nm
Migrate rapidly
Additional LN
Particles >100 nm
Trapped in interstitial compartment
Two compartment image
0.2-0.3 ml 11-18 MBq
Inject in epifascial and subfascial space (intramuscular)
Evaluate first deep and then superficial circulation
Lymphedema protocol
High resolution parallel hole collimator
12 cm/min
Transit time
Time to inguinal LN
Tracer appearance time
Time of drainage to locoregional LN
<10 min normal
Transport capacity
Clearance rate in first 2h
15% normal
Removal rate constant
Local lymph flow
Reduced by 25% if lymphedema
Depot clearance rate
Uptake index of left inguinal / right inguinal
Activity ratio at 2h
Abnormal pattern
Assymetrical lymphatic channels
Interrupted lymphatic vessel
Assymetrical or absent regional LN
Dermal flow
Dermal back flow
Main lymphatic vessel without collateral at 4h
Predictor for favourable response in patients with stage I
Lymph capillaries
Many anastomoses
Collecting lymphatic
Deep and superficial
Valves, smooth muscle wall
Lymphatic trunk
Right - from right upper body
Thoracic duct - rest of body
Drain into right and left subclavian veins