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. 1991;13(3):221-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF01627990.

The lymphatic drainage of the human ovary in vivo investigated by isotopic lymphography before and after the menopause

G Vanneuville  1 , D Mestas, G Le Bouedec, A Veyre, J Dauplat, G Escande, M Guillot
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The lymphatic drainage of the human ovary in vivo investigated by isotopic lymphography before and after the menopause

G Vanneuville et al. Surg Radiol Anat. 1991.

Abstract

The authors report 14 lymphoscintigraphies of the ovary, 8 before and 6 after the menopause. Injection of colloid labeled with technetium 99 m with elective lymphatic absorption was made into the mesovarium under laparoscopic control. Frontal and lateral images of the lymphatic drainage were made with a gamma camera 4-6 h after injection. Even in this short preliminary series, the premenopausal women showed major local and regional lymphatic circulation with drainage to the lumbo-aortic and pelvic nodes. After the menopause the lymphatic flow decreased and drainage was essentially by the aorto-lumbar nodes.

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