[Clinical application of 113mIn-chloride for indirect lower radionuclide lymphography in cancer patients].

Carrier-free applications of 113mIn-chloride for indirect lower radionuclide lymphography were studied in 90 cancer patients. The period of radiolabel semiexcretion from site of injection (initial interdigital spaces of foot) ranged 25-74 min. 131mIn-chloride application provided a distinct visualization of retroperitoneal lymph nodes. The results of a radionuclide lymphographic study of 43 patients with uterine carcinoma were confirmed by postoperative histological examination of resected lymph nodes in 88%. The informative value of the pictures of retroperitoneal lymph nodes obtained by gamma chambers and scanners using 131mIn-chloride was essentially identical.