Patterns of Gallium Uptake in Amebic Liver Abscesses

Imaging with Ga–67 and Tc–99m sulfur colloid was performed in ten patients with amebic liver abscesses. The most common imaging pattern appeared to be with the sharp identification of a “rim” sign on delayed Ga–67 imaging, from 48–72 hours.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 1989-07, Vol.14 (7), p.523-525
Hauptverfasser:	VERMA, RAMESH C, NGO, CAROLINE, YAGHMAI, ISSA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics ABSCESSES Amibiasis BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES Biological and medical sciences BODY CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS CITRATES Citric Acid COLLOIDS DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES DIAGNOSIS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES DISEASES DISPERSIONS ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES GALLIUM 67 GALLIUM ISOTOPES Gallium Radioisotopes - pharmacokinetics GLANDS HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Human protozoal diseases Humans IMAGE PROCESSING Infectious diseases INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI ISOMERIC NUCLEI ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES ISOTOPES LIVER Liver - diagnostic imaging Liver - metabolism Liver Abscess, Amebic - diagnostic imaging Liver Abscess, Amebic - metabolism Medical sciences NUCLEI ODD-EVEN NUCLEI ORGANS Parasitic diseases PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES PATIENTS PROCESSING Protozoal diseases RADIOISOTOPES RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE Radionuclide Imaging TECHNETIUM 99 TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid UPTAKE YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Zusammenfassung:	Imaging with Ga–67 and Tc–99m sulfur colloid was performed in ten patients with amebic liver abscesses. The most common imaging pattern appeared to be with the sharp identification of a “rim” sign on delayed Ga–67 imaging, from 48–72 hours.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-198907000-00010