Role of Ga-67 citrate imaging and diagnostic ultrasound in patients with suspected abdominal abscesses

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7323981

Kumar, B; Alderson, P O; Geisse, G

Fifty patients with suspected abdominal abscesses were examined by (/sup 67/Ga) Gallium citrate imaging and abdominal sonography. Fifteen of the patients had a proven intra-abdominal abscess; Gallium-67 images were positive in 13 (87 percent), while the sonogram detected the abscess in 11 (73 percent). Nineteen patients had true-negative radionuclide images and sonography, and one had a false-positive result by both procedures. The remaining 15 patients did not have abdominal abscesses, but did have other abnormalities (e.g., pyelonephritis, extra-abdominal sites of inflammation) which were detected by the nuclide study. Gallium-67 imaging and abdominal ultrasound have similar sensitivity for detection of abdominal abscesses. A significant advantage of Gallium imaging is its ability to detect other inflammatory foci (both within and outside and the abdomen).

• Research Organization: Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology, St. Louis
• OSTI ID: 7323981
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 18:6; 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
SOUND WAVES
ULTRASONIC WAVES