Abstract

Thirteen patients are described in whom the results of ¹²⁵I fibrinogen uptake testing in life were compared with the postmortem findings in the soleus muscle and in addition with direct radioactive counting of soleus muscle portions. The sensitivity of the ¹²⁵I fibrinogen uptake test was found to be approximately half that of direct muscle radioactive counting or histological examination. Some limitations of the technique are discussed.