Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography is superior to lymphoscintigraphy for diagnostic imaging of early lymphedema of the upper limbs.

Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography is superior to lymphoscintigraphy for diagnostic imaging of early lymphedema of the upper limbs.

BACKGROUND: Secondary lymphedema causes swelling in limbs due to lymph retention following lymph node dissection in cancer therapy. Initiation of treatment soon after appearance of edema is very important, but there is no method for early diagnosis of lymphedema. In this study, we compared the utili...

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Main Authors: Makoto Mihara, Hisako Hara, Jun Araki, Kazuki Kikuchi, Mitsunaga Narushima, Takumi Yamamoto, Takuya Iida, Hidehiko Yoshimatsu, Noriyuki Murai, Kito Mitsui, Taro Okitsu, Isao Koshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3366958?pdf=render

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