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.
Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Smilow Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Hopital Edouard Herriot - Lyon, Lyon, France
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