Lymphatic Drainage Patterns of the Human Eyelid: Assessed by Lymphoscintigraphy

PURPOSE: To describe the lymphatic drainage patterns of the human eyelids. METHODS: Twenty-eight consenting patients who underwent unilateral eyelid surgery at McMaster University between March 2001 and July 2003 had their contralateral eyelids injected with 0.2 ml (0.250 mCi) of Tc 99 m sulphur colloid. The patients were divided into 1 of 5 injection sites of the eyelid, namely upper lateral, upper medial, medial canthus, lower medial, and …