Go With the (Lymph) Flow: Pictorial Review of Lymphoscintigraphy in the Assessment of Lymphoedema

Congress:

ECR 2023

Poster Number:

C-11419

Type:

Educational Exhibit

Keywords:

Anatomy, Lymph nodes, Nuclear medicine, Lymphography, Nuclear medicine conventional, Diagnostic procedure, Physiological studies, Oedema

Authors:

L. Chang, H. M. Chang, R. Norman, S. Heenan

DOI:

10.26044/ecr2023/C-11419

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/ecr2023/C-11419

References

All images with thanks to Department of Radiology, St George’s University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK 2023

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