Abnormal gallium scintigraphy in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with a normal chest radiograph.
The authors describe a patient with malignant lymphoma in whom the use of a 67Ga citrate lung scan assisted in the diagnosis of P. carinii pneumonia. In immunodeficient patients presenting with unexplained fever, abnormal pulmonary function tests, a normal chest radiograph, and few chest symptoms, the 67Ga citrate scan may lead to the early detection and successful treatment of this potentially lethal infection.
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes