Complementary role of gallium citrate imaging and computed tomography in the evaluation of suspected abdominal infection. [/sup 67/Ga tracer technique]

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5113149

Shimshak, R R; Korobkin, M; Hoffer, P B; Schor, R; Hill, T C; Kressel, H Y

Fifteen patients with a suspected abdominal abscess were examined by both gallium-67 and computed tomographic scanning. The Ga-67 scan was a useful screening examination, correctly identifying all eight cases of infection, whereas the CT scan missed one case of a pericecal phlegmon. Misdiagnosis of infection by Ga-67 scan occurred in 2/8 cases without infection but the CT scan correctly identified all noninfected patients. While this series is too small to decide whether there is any significant difference in the ability of the two procedures to suggest the correct diagnosis, it is felt that Ga-67 and subsequent CT scans may be complementary in that a Ga-67 scan can initially locate the abnormality and thus direct the CT scan, which can confirm the diagnosis or avoid a misinterpretation of the Ga-67 scan. Computed tomography also provides more anatomical detail, better location of the lesion, and demonstrates lesions noninfectious in nature.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California Medical Center, San Francisco
• OSTI ID: 5113149
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 19:3; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABDOMEN
ABSCESSES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
INFLAMMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
TOMOGRAPHY