Experimental in vivo imaging of the cranial perineural lymphatic pathway.

JM Pile-Spellman, KA McKusick… - American journal …, 1984 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
JM Pile-Spellman, KA McKusick, HW Strauss, J Cooney, JM Taveras
American journal of neuroradiology, 1984Am Soc Neuroradiology
After intraventricular injection of 99mTc antimony sulfide in rabbits (n= 12) and cats (n= 14),
radiolabeled colloid was imaged passing into the nasal mucosa and subsequently into the
cervical lymph nodes. The cervical lymph nodes accounted for about 12% of the injected
dose in rabbits sacrificed at 22-24 hr after injection and about 5% of the injected dose in cats
sacrificed at 5-6 hr after injection. In both animals this represented at least one-third of the
cerebrospinal fluid colloid clearance. This technique is applicable to in vivo imaging studies …
After intraventricular injection of 99mTc antimony sulfide in rabbits (n = 12) and cats (n = 14), radiolabeled colloid was imaged passing into the nasal mucosa and subsequently into the cervical lymph nodes. The cervical lymph nodes accounted for about 12% of the injected dose in rabbits sacrificed at 22-24 hr after injection and about 5% of the injected dose in cats sacrificed at 5-6 hr after injection. In both animals this represented at least one-third of the cerebrospinal fluid colloid clearance. This technique is applicable to in vivo imaging studies of the perineural lymphatic pathway for cerebrospinal fluid absorption in primates and, with modifications, in human subjects.
American Journal of Neuroradiology