What are the risks of lymphoscintigraphy?

What are the risks of lymphoscintigraphy?

Hossein Jadvar (Doctor) gives expert video advice on: What are the benefits of lymphoscintigraphy?; What are the risks of lymphoscintigraphy?; What will I experience during lymphoscintigraphy? and more...

Risks are extremely small because the radiotracer that we administer is in very small amounts. It is radioactive material, so there is a very small risk associated with that. However, in lymphoscintigraphy the amount of the radioactive material is extremely small, actually smaller than most other nuclear medicine techniques, and so the risk is extremely small.