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The role of Lacrimal Scintigraphy in Lacrimal Drainage Function Analysis

Abstract

Purpose: to study the role of lacrimal scintigraphy in estimation of drainage function of lacrimal pathways. Materials and methods. 40 lacrimal scintigraphy studies were conducted, among them 20 in healthy volunteers and 20 in patients with partial and complete nasolacrimal duct obliteration, confirmed by dacryocystography. The study was conducted with a stable у-camera of a tomographic scanner Symbia T16 (Siemens, Germany) for single photon emission tomography and computed tomography after a cul-de-sac radionuclide tracer instillation. Result. The half-life of a radionuclide tracer (T1/2) in healthy volunteers at the region of interest, corresponding to the whole ocular surface was 24 ± 11 min, to its lateral part - 8 ± 3 min, to the lacrimal sac - 13±6 min, to the nasolacrimal duct - 11 ± 7 min. T1/2 in patients with partial nasolacrimal duct intubation at the region of interest, corresponding to the whole ocular surface was 125 ± 90 min, to its lateral part - 90 ± 42 min, to the lacrimal sac - 43 ± 14 min, to the nasolacrimal duct - 112 ± 48 min. In patients with complete nasolacrimal duct obliteration T1/2 was the same that a radionuclide tracer’s was. Conclusion. Lacrimal scintigrahy is the method of quantitative lacrimal drainage system function analysis, and it enables to detect minimal function in cases when routine radiographic studies do not detect it. However, lacrimal scintigraphy does not enable to localize the obliteration. It is the authors’ opinion that lacrimal scintigraphy is not informative in case of composite partial obliteration, it is not possible to diagnose partial nasolacrimal duct obstruction only on the basis of lacrimal scintigrahy data, but it is beneficial to use this method several times in one patient during the treating to detect the progress. Lacrimal scintigraphy is a useful method in a complex lacrimal drainage system abnormalities diagnostics.

About the Authors

Evgeniya Lvovna Atkova
Research Institute of Eye Diseases of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Russian Federation


Igor Ostapovich Tomashevskiy
N.I. Pirogov's Russian National Research University
Russian Federation


Anatoly Ivanovich Luchshev
N.A. Semashko Central Clinical Hospital №2 of JSC "Russian Railway"
Russian Federation


Vasiliy Dmitrievich Yartsev
Research Institute of Eye Diseases of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Russian Federation


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Atkova E.L., Tomashevskiy I.O., Luchshev A.I., Yartsev V.D. The role of Lacrimal Scintigraphy in Lacrimal Drainage Function Analysis. Medical Visualization. 2014;(4):7-13. (In Russ.)

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