Bronchoalveolar lavage and technetium-99m glucoheptonate imaging in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Journal Article
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· Chest; (United States)
A patient with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia was evaluated using bronchoalveolar lavage, technetium-99m glucoheptonate, and transbronchial lung biopsy. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed 43 percent eosinophils and correlated well with results of transbronchial lung biopsy. Technetium-99m glucoheptonate lung imaging demonstrated intense parenchymal uptake. After eight weeks of corticosteroid therapy, the bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophil population and the technetium-99m glucoheptonate uptake had returned to normal. We suggest that bronchoalveolar lavage, with transbronchial lung biopsy, is a less invasive way than open lung biopsy to diagnose chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. The mechanism of uptake of technetium-99m glucoheptonate in this disorder remains to be defined.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
- OSTI ID:
- 6409069
- Journal Information:
- Chest; (United States), Journal Name: Chest; (United States) Vol. 85:2; ISSN CHETB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BIOPSY
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
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ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
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LAVAGE
LEUKOCYTES
LUNGS
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PNEUMONIA
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
UPTAKE
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOPSY
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
EOSINOPHILS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LAVAGE
LEUKOCYTES
LUNGS
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PNEUMONIA
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
UPTAKE
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES