Lymphangiography

Abstract

Arteriography and phlebography have been used in clinical medicine since their development some twenty years ago. The early work with these techniques was done by dos Santos et al. in 1931, Moniz et al. (1932), and dos Santos (1938). A comparable method of studying the lymphatic circulation would be of obvious value, but its development has been delayed by technical difficulties. Lymph vessels, or at least normal ones, are much smaller than the arteries or veins used in angiography. They contain colourless lymph, which makes