Abstract
From the features of two cases, the authors stress the usefulness of the scintigraphy as regards to the diagnosis of visceral candidial abscesses. Such fungal localisations are not unfrequent, especially in immunodeficient patients (haematologic malignancies undergoing chemotherapy, lupus, serious visceral illness...). The positive diagnosis is uneasy because of non-specific clinical features and frequent negative blood cultures. Splenic localisation is the most likely. Citrate Gallium scintigraphy together with splenic labelled RBC scan enables us to give a precise view of the splenic involvment and even of the abdominal extension of the fungal abscess. From the literature review and these two cases, the excellent adequacy of the scintigraphy to the follow-up of systemic candidiasis is underlined and is compared to other usual morphological studies such as US scan and CT examination. In both cases, the diagnosis is fully confirmed by mycological examination.
Citation Formats
Ythier, H, Legghe, R, and Foucher, C.
Scintigraphy usefulness in the diagnosis of visceral candidiasis.
France: N. p.,
1987.
Web.
Ythier, H, Legghe, R, & Foucher, C.
Scintigraphy usefulness in the diagnosis of visceral candidiasis.
France.
Ythier, H, Legghe, R, and Foucher, C.
1987.
"Scintigraphy usefulness in the diagnosis of visceral candidiasis."
France.
@misc{etde_5408213,
title = {Scintigraphy usefulness in the diagnosis of visceral candidiasis}
author = {Ythier, H, Legghe, R, and Foucher, C}
abstractNote = {From the features of two cases, the authors stress the usefulness of the scintigraphy as regards to the diagnosis of visceral candidial abscesses. Such fungal localisations are not unfrequent, especially in immunodeficient patients (haematologic malignancies undergoing chemotherapy, lupus, serious visceral illness...). The positive diagnosis is uneasy because of non-specific clinical features and frequent negative blood cultures. Splenic localisation is the most likely. Citrate Gallium scintigraphy together with splenic labelled RBC scan enables us to give a precise view of the splenic involvment and even of the abdominal extension of the fungal abscess. From the literature review and these two cases, the excellent adequacy of the scintigraphy to the follow-up of systemic candidiasis is underlined and is compared to other usual morphological studies such as US scan and CT examination. In both cases, the diagnosis is fully confirmed by mycological examination.}
journal = {Ann. Biol. Clin. (Paris); (France)}
volume = {45:6}
place = {France}
year = {1987}
month = {Jan}
}
title = {Scintigraphy usefulness in the diagnosis of visceral candidiasis}
author = {Ythier, H, Legghe, R, and Foucher, C}
abstractNote = {From the features of two cases, the authors stress the usefulness of the scintigraphy as regards to the diagnosis of visceral candidial abscesses. Such fungal localisations are not unfrequent, especially in immunodeficient patients (haematologic malignancies undergoing chemotherapy, lupus, serious visceral illness...). The positive diagnosis is uneasy because of non-specific clinical features and frequent negative blood cultures. Splenic localisation is the most likely. Citrate Gallium scintigraphy together with splenic labelled RBC scan enables us to give a precise view of the splenic involvment and even of the abdominal extension of the fungal abscess. From the literature review and these two cases, the excellent adequacy of the scintigraphy to the follow-up of systemic candidiasis is underlined and is compared to other usual morphological studies such as US scan and CT examination. In both cases, the diagnosis is fully confirmed by mycological examination.}
journal = {Ann. Biol. Clin. (Paris); (France)}
volume = {45:6}
place = {France}
year = {1987}
month = {Jan}
}