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Clinical Evaluation of Microscintigraphy of the Lacrimal Drainage Apparatus

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Correspondence: For reprints contact: William H. Carlton, Radiology Dept., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga. 30902.

ABSTRACT

Lacrimal drainage was studied by sequential imaging ("microscintigraphy") of the orbit after ^99mTc was placed in the eyes of 62 patients. Specific criteria of normal drainage were developed from observations in 28 individuals. Thirty-four epiphoric patients in several categories of lacrimal drainage symptomology were studied. This technique of microscintigraphy of the lacrimal apparatus was shown to be a valuable diagnostic tool.

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