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.
National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Taipei, Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China
Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, Jiangsu, China
Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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