Lymphography
Staci Colas
Lymphatic
System
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Thymus Gland
Lymph Vessels
Lymph Nodes
Spleen
Tonsils
What does the lymphatic
system do for me?
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Circulation
Filtration
Purification
Production
Lymphogram
Pedal Lymphogram Procedure
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The pateint is injected with an oily blue dye contrast right
in between the toes!
Prep the feet with sterile technique for “cutdown”
procedure, and ask your patient to wiggle their toes.
After about 20 minutes the lyphatic vessels pick up the
dye and can be seen through the skin.
The cutdown is preformed the lymph vessel cannulated
time to start the slow pump contrast injection.
Lymphangiograms
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The pressure injection
takes about 45 minutes
After 1 hour the first films
are taken usually of the
lymph vessels the upper
body or any area of
interest.
These first flims are called
“Lymphangiograms”!
Lymphadenograms
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24 hours after the
lymphangiograms
are taken the patient
has to come back to
have the films
taken of the lymph
nodes called
“lymphadenograms!”
Uses?
Lymphoma staging
 Diagnosis confirmation
 Visualization of vessel obstruction
 Size, shape, location of enlarged nodes
 Fluoroscopy guided biopsy
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