Pulmonary uptake in Indium-111 leukocyte imaging: clinical significance in patients with suspected occult infections

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Radiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.150.2.6691116· OSTI ID:5098769

Cook, P S; Datz, F L; Disbro, M A; Alazraki, N P; Taylor, A T

A retrospective review was undertaken to evaluate the frequency and significance of pulmonary activity noted on 306 indium-111 leukocyte studies involving 232 patients with suspected occult infections. Forty-eight studies showed pulmonary activity in one of two patterns of uptake, focal or diffuse. Fourteen of 27 studies (52%) with focal uptake and two of 21 studies (10%) with diffuse uptake were associated with infectious processes. Lung uptake of indium-111-labeled leukocytes was a poor predictor of pulmonary infection in patients studied for occult infection, although the focal pattern was more likely than the diffuse pattern to be associated with infection.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Utah Coll. of Medicine and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City
• OSTI ID: 5098769
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Vol. 150:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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LUNGS
SCINTISCANNING
INDIUM 111
LEUKOCYTES
PATIENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
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DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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