Gallium-67 scintigraphy and intraabdominal sepsis. Clinical experience in 140 patients with suspected intraabdominal abscess

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1976 · West. J. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7124644

Hopkins, G B; Kan, M; Mende, C W

In 140 patients with suspected intraabdominal abscess, studies were made using gallium-67 citrate and technetium-99m labeled radiopharmaceuticals. Gallium-67 scintigrams correctly localized 52 of 56 intraabdominal abscesses confirmed at surgical operation or necropsy. In an additional 20 patients in whom findings on scintigrams were abnormal, there were clinically established infections. Sixty-one patients in whom findings on scintigrams were normal were conservatively managed and discharged from the hospital; none proved to have an abscess. Four false-negative and three false-positive studies were recorded. Gallium-67 scintigraphy is a useful noninvasive diagnostic adjunct that should be employed early in the evaluation of patients with suspected intraabdominal sepsis.

• Research Organization: Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
• OSTI ID: 7124644
• Journal Information: West. J. Med.; (United States), Vol. 125:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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