What's the difference between lymphangiography and lymphography?
Lymphangiography
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Lymphography
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(n.) A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
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(1) Conventional lymphography still yields the best results in differentiating between primary lymphedema with aplasia of the aorto-iliac collectors and a secondary form due to neoplastic disease.
(2) Retrospective review of abdominal radiographs taken for follow-up lymphography demonstrated that the earliest radiological changes in bone were evident between five and 18 months after treatment was started and between six and 21 months before the onset of symptoms.
(3) Review of the results of treatment of 275 patients with testicular teratomas indicates that the size of para-aortic node metastases as defined by lymphography is closely related to prognosis, and that accurate definition of these metastases is essential in planning treatment.
(4) Independently from their drainage ways, all enlarged lymph nodes, also those situated in areas not accessible by lymphography like the hilus of liver, spleen, kidney, and retrohepatic, mesenteric, and intraperitoneal regions, can be visualized even without administration of a contrast medium.
(5) Owing to the early dissemination pattern of the NHL with frequent primary extranodal involvement, lymphography is no longer indicated.
(6) A new Soviet preparation for colour lymphography--chromolymphotrast--is presented in this paper.
(7) A positive lymphography was in our series of high prognostic value.
(8) It is possible that endovesical lymphography will yield new information leading to more accurate treatment of vesical carcinoma in terms of tumor staging.
(9) Although lymphography and, to a lesser degree, CT are useful for staging of Hodgkin disease, laparotomy continues to be the most important tool in choosing appropriate therapy for children with Hodgkin disease.
(10) Lymphography was carried out at least once in 355 patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL).
(11) It could be demonstrated, that survival rate is not better after lymphography independent from histological type and stage or postoperative irradiation.
(12) Lymphography before operation showed 87.5% of sensitivity, 65.1% of specificity and accuracy of 68.6%, not having higher accuracy compared to other studies.
(13) Radiological records of these patients were reviewed to determine the extent to which lymphography (LAG) contributed to patient management.
(14) 20 of 45 new patients with prostatic carcinoma have undergone lymphography and lymphadenectomy to determine the N-category.
(15) Comparison is made between the invasive methods of staging Hodgkin's disease and Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (splenectomy, laparotomy) and the non-invasive clinical radiological investigations (conventional X-rays, lymphography, sonography, CT, MR) and their statistical reliability.
(16) A plea is therefore made to include the results of the pretreatment lymphography into the classification of carcinoma of the cervix.
(17) To evaluate the deciding diagnostic criteria of indirect lymphography in lymphoedema of the leg, 91 investigations were reviewed.
(18) Isotope lymphography 6-7 years postoperatively showed normal clearance of isotope from three of the four limbs studied.
(19) In 30 patients who underwent lymphography of the retroperitoneal lymph nodes, the lymph vessels of one leg were pretreated with 5 ml of 10% o(beta-hydroxyethyl)-rutoside (HR) prior to administration of Lipiodol Ultrafluid.
(20) A CT study of subjects in which lymphography did not reveal structural or size changes enables one to specify the following criteria of normality: The transverse diameter of abdominal lymph nodes should not exceed 1,5 cm.