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Peripheral arteriovenous malformation: diagnosis and localization by intraarterial injection of technetium-99m-MAA. 1990

M J Lee, and D J Dowsett, and J T Ennis

Institute of Radiological Sciences, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Radionuclide angiography with technetium-99m-labeled macroaggregates of albumin (99mTc-MAA), was successful in a single patient with a lower limb arteriovenous (AV) malformation, not only in diagnosis and quantitation of AV shunting, but also in localizing the site of shunting. This information proved useful to the angiographer, permitting a carefully tailored examination of the area of interest. This technique may hold promise as a preliminary examination in patients with limb AV malformations prior to angiography.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007866	Leg	The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE.	Legs
D011875	Radionuclide Angiography	The measurement of visualization by radiation of any organ after a radionuclide has been injected into its blood supply. It is used to diagnose heart, liver, lung, and other diseases and to measure the function of those organs, except renography, for which RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY is available.	Angiography, Radionuclide,Radioisotope Angiography,Angiography, Radioisotope,Angiographies, Radioisotope,Angiographies, Radionuclide,Radioisotope Angiographies,Radionuclide Angiographies
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001165	Arteriovenous Malformations	Abnormal formation of blood vessels that shunt arterial blood directly into veins without passing through the CAPILLARIES. They usually are crooked, dilated, and with thick vessel walls. A common type is the congenital arteriovenous fistula. The lack of blood flow and oxygen in the capillaries can lead to tissue damage in the affected areas.	Arteriovenous Malformation,Malformation, Arteriovenous,Malformations, Arteriovenous
D013668	Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin	A gamma-emitting radionuclide imaging agent used for the diagnosis of diseases in many tissues, particularly in cardiovascular and cerebral circulation.	Tc 99m-Albumin,Tc 99m-Albumin Colloid,99m-Tc-HSA,99mTc-Albures,99mTc-HSA,99mTc-Human Serum Albumin,Tc-99m-HAM,Tc-99m-MAA,Tc-99m-Microalbumin,Tc-HAMM,Tc99m-Albumin,Technetium-99m Albumin Colloid,99mTc Albures,99mTc Human Serum Albumin,99mTcAlbures,Albumin Colloid, Technetium-99m,Albumin, 99mTc-Human Serum,Colloid, Tc 99m-Albumin,Colloid, Technetium-99m Albumin,Serum Albumin, 99mTc-Human,Tc 99m Albumin,Tc 99m Albumin Colloid,Tc 99m HAM,Tc 99m MAA,Tc 99m Microalbumin,Tc HAMM,Tc99m Albumin,Technetium 99m Albumin Colloid