Detection of abdominal aortic graft infection: comparison of CT and In-labeled white blood cell scans

Conference · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5482852

Mark, A S; McCarthy, S M; Moss, A A; Price, D

Aortic graft infections are a rare but potentially lethal complication of aortic graft surgery. The diagnosis and assessment of the extent of a graft infection is difficult on clinical grounds. A prospective study compared CT and indium-labeled white blood cell (In-WBC) scans in the diagnosis of aortic graft infection. Five patients with aortic graft infection and three patients without aortic graft infection were studied by both methods. CT correctly detected the retroperitoneal extension of the infection in three patients with groin infection; In-WBC scans diagnosed the extension only in one patient. Both CT and In-WBC were positive in two patients with aortic graft infection but no groin infection. Both studies were negative in the three patients without evidence of aortic graft infection. The study suggests that CT is more sensitive than In-WBC in evaluating the extent of aortic graft infection and should be the imaging method of choice.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
• OSTI ID: 5482852
• Report Number(s): CONF-8504141-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 144:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABDOMEN
AORTA
AROMATICS
ARTERIES
AZAARENES
AZINES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY AREAS
BODY FLUIDS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GRAFTS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEUKOCYTES
MATERIALS
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OXINE
PATIENTS
PYRIDINES
QUINOLINES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SURGERY
TOMOGRAPHY
TRANSPLANTS