Scintilymphangiography with 99 mTc-antimony sulfide colloid in hereditary lymphedema (Nonne-Milroy diseases)

Abstract

A family of four patients suffering from Nonne-Milroy disease has been examined by pedal scintilymphangiography. Lower limb edema was present in three patients and was bilateral in two instances. Scintilymphangiographic abnormality was invariably present, ranging from almost total obstruction of lymphatic flow to lymphatic pooling. The inguinal, iliac and para-aortic nodes on the affected sides were also noted to be small and few in number. The examination is safe and simple and may be used to distinguish Nonne-Milroy edema from edema due to other causes.