Lymphography, Cavography and Urography in the Evaluation of Malignant Lymphomas

Schwarz, George; Lee, Burton J.; Nelson, James H.

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“…These fig ures are similar to those reported by Lee et al [15], Schwarz et al [20], Tsyb and Kislitsyn [23] and Pent ala and Torsti [17], while they are slightly higher than those found by Pi liar i [18].…”

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“…More than one sign is usually present in the same pa tient. A definite superiority of lymphogra phy over cavography in revealing occult dis ease in inguinal, iliac and lumbar lymph nodes is reported in the literature [17,20,22], while cavography proved more effec tive in detecting enlarged lymph nodes in the upper areas as it outlines soft tissue ab normalities above the para-aortic nodes, but still below the diaphragm, not visualized by lymphography. Urography as a single method of examination has only minor utiliIn our patients we found a fairly good agreement between cavographie and lym phographie findings.…”

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Inferior Venacavography for the Staging of Lymphomas

Resegotti¹,

Chiarle²,

Cigna³

et al. 1982

Acta Haematol

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Inferior venacavography was used for revealing enlarged retro- or paracaval lymph nodes, some of which are not visualized by lymphography as they lay above L 2. As criteria for involvement of lymph nodes the dislocation or narrowing of the vena cava and the reflux of contrast medium in the lumbar veins were studied. Venacavography was carried out in 48 consecutive patients with lymphoma: 23 Hodgkin’s disease and 25 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Signs of enlargement of paracaval lymph nodes were seen in 52% of patients with Hodgkin’s disease and in 80% of the cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A fairly good agreement was found between lymphograms and cavograms. Cavography proved to be an easy, inexpensive and minimally invasive technique that can be repeated several times without inconveniencing the patients too much, thus enabling restaging of patients after therapy; moreover, it produced fairly good urograms as the contrast medium is promptly eliminated through the kidney, thus eliminating the need for intravenous pyelography.

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