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  • Title: [Clinical application of Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte imaging in inflammatory disease].
    Author: Aburano T, Taki J, Kinuya S, Shuke N, Yokoyama K, Takayama T, Tonami N, Hisada K, Terada H.
    Journal: Kaku Igaku; 1991 Oct; 28(10):1143-50. PubMed ID: 1800774.
    Abstract:
    A radionuclide imaging with Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte was performed in order to determine its clinical usefulness in inflammatory disease. The mixed leukocyte isolated from 40 ml of whole blood containing 5 ml of acid citrate dextrose A and 7 ml of 6% hydroxyethyl starch was incubated with 370 MBq (10 mCi) of Tc-99m HMPAO at 37 degrees C for 30 minutes. Because the labeling efficiency of Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte was 60.2 +/- 6.3%, the procedure of washing Tc-99m, leukocyte with 5 ml of physiological saline was necessary before intravenous injection, in order to remove the unlabeled Tc-99m HMPAO. The recoveries of Tc-99m leukocyte in the blood after intravenous injection were 41.1 +/- 6.7% at 5 minutes, 33.4 +/- 2.1% at 30 minutes, and 27.2 +/- 3.4% at 2 hours after injection. Moreover, the labeled leukocyte was not stained with trypan blue. Therefore, the biological activity of the Tc-99m leukocyte was maintained as that of In-111 oxine labeled leukocyte. In the 39 patients with clinical suspicion of inflammatory disease including 15 patients with acute and chronic infectious disease where both Tc-99m leukocyte and Ga-67 citrate imagings were performed, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for infectious disease were 47%, 100% and 79% with Tc-99m leukocyte, and 67%, 79% and 74% with Ga-67 citrate. These results suggest that Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte imaging is promising for evaluating inflammatory disease because of the much higher specificity, the ready availability of Tc-99m HMPAO, the good image quality, and the lower radiation dose to the patient.
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