Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Ga-67 citrate imaging
Journal Article
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· Radiology; (United States)
All gallium-67 citrate scans obtained in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.) were retrospectively analyzed and correlated with the results of bronchoscopy, chest radiography, and endoscopy. There were 164 scans of 95 patients. Twenty scans were from patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; 19 were abnormal, for a sensitivity of 95%. Ga-67 uptake tended to be less in patients receiving therapy for P. carinii pneumonia. Chest radiographs were normal at least initially in three patients with abnormal scans and P. carinii pneumonia. Unusually prominent colonic activity was associated with infection in some patients. No lesions of Kaposi sarcoma showed tracer uptake. Gallium scanning is useful for detecting P. carinii pneumonia and other opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS, but it is not useful for localizing Kaposi sarcoma.
- Research Organization:
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- OSTI ID:
- 7091274
- Journal Information:
- Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 2; ISSN RADLA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
AIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
CHEST
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
HEMIC DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTESTINES
ISOTOPES
MEDIASTINUM
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PNEUMONIA
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SARCOMAS
VIRAL DISEASES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
AIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
CHEST
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
HEMIC DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTESTINES
ISOTOPES
MEDIASTINUM
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PNEUMONIA
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SARCOMAS
VIRAL DISEASES