[Clinical diagnostic value and diagnostic possibilities of visualization of the thoracic lymphatic duct using 113mIn-coind in cancer patients].

The diagnostic value of lymphoductoscintigraphy for involvement of mediastinal lymph nodes was assessed by intracutaneous injection of 113mIn-coind into interdigital spaces of feet of 82 patients with Hodgkin's disease and tumors of the uterus, breast, lung and testis. Disturbances in lymph flow in mediastinal lymph duct were detected in 39 cases. In 35 out of them, involvement of mediastinal lymph nodes was detected by X-ray examination. In 2 cases, metastatic lesions in lymph nodes were found during surgery, although X-ray examination failed to establish them. Application of 113mIn-coined lymphoductoscintigraphy should be recommended as a diagnostic procedure, because it provides sufficient information, does not interfere with main physiological functions, is simple and can be performed as often as required.