These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Importance of Tc-99m sulfur colloid liver-spleen scans performed before indium-111 labeled leukocyte imaging for localization of abdominal infection.
    Author: Youssef IM, Milardovic R, Perone RW, Heiba SI, Abdel-Dayem HM.
    Journal: Clin Nucl Med; 2005 Feb; 30(2):87-90. PubMed ID: 15647672.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: The localization of intraabdominal abscesses is a difficult imaging problem in nuclear medicine, especially when the location of the abscess is in the area of the liver and spleen. The need for performing Tc-99m sulfur colloid liver-spleen scans before injecting indium-111 leukocytes for improved lesion detection and characterization versus performing In-111 leukocyte scans alone has been questioned in the literature MATERIALS AND METHODS: We present 3 patients with intraabdominal abscesses in the liver-spleen area, in which liver-spleen scans were performed before In-111 leukocyte scans. The findings of all were correlated with computed tomography and interventional procedures. RESULTS: In all patients, the Tc-99m liver-spleen scan helped for accurate recognition of the location of the abscess, correlated with computed tomography findings, and were helpful for intervention and exclusion of the other sources of infection. CONCLUSION: Data from these 3 patients reinforces the need for Tc-99m sulfur colloid liver-spleen scans before performing In-111 WBC scans for better localization and interventional treatment of intraabdominal abscesses.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]