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  • Title: [Detection of varicocele by using 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid human serum albumin (99mTc-DTPA human serum albumin)].
    Author: Otsuka N, Fukunaga M, Morita K, Ono S, Nagai K, Furukawa T, Yanagimoto S, Tomomitsu T, Kawahara H, Tanaka H.
    Journal: Radioisotopes; 1988 Jun; 37(6):330-5. PubMed ID: 3212229.
    Abstract:
    In order to detect the varicocele, scrotal scintigraphies by using 99mTc-HSA-D were performed in 14 patients with male infertile or palpable mass in left scrotum on physical examinations. Abnormal pooling of 99mTc-HSA-D, indicative of varicocele lesion, could be found in left scrotum in 9 cases, confirmed surgically or clinically. Compared with 99mTc-HSA, 99mTc-HSA-D was superior in high uptake ratio of varicocele to soft tissue and in nonvisualization of bladder. Thus, 99mTc-HSA-D scrotal scintigraphy seemed to be of a great use to detect the varicocele.
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