Psoas abscess localization by gallium scan in aplastic anemia.
Gallium 67 scanning is an effective method of detecting inflammatory lesions, especially abscesses. A 10-year-old boy with aplastic anemia and severe leukopenia and granulocytopenia had a psoas abscess diagnosed by gallium scan. The patient died with Candida spesis 18 days after bone marrow transplantation. At autopsy, a chronic psoas abscess with Candida was found. The gallium scan offers a clinically effective and noninvasive means of evaluating suspected infection in the granulocytopenic patient.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications*; D001344:Autopsy; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005708:Gallium; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000150:complications; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D011868:Radioisotopes; D005708:Gallium