Ethiodized oil is used by injection as a radio-opaque contrast agent. The composition of the oil is comprised of iodine combined with ethyl esters of fatty acids of poppyseed oil. And although these esters are primarily as ethyl monoiodostearate and ethyl diiodostearate, the actual, specific structure is unknown.
For use as a radio-opaque medium for hysterosalpingography and lymphography, and as an antineoplastic agent when part of the iodine is 131-I. It is also used in follow-up imaging for chemoembolization.
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
Ain Shams University hepatoma group, EL Demerdash Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., Cairo, Egypt
Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson Univeristy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent only), Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Commack (Consent Only), Commack, New York, United States
Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only), Harrison, New York, United States
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