Gallium-67 and subpherenic abscesses--is delayed scintigraphy necessary?
Forty postoperative patients with clinical and roentgenographic findings suggestive of subphrenic abscess were evaluated by early and delayed 67Ga scintigraphy. Early 67Ga scintigraphs obtained 6 hr after injection correctly localized seven right and five left subphrenic abscesses. In no instance was an abscess present on delayed scintigraphs that was not evident on the 6-hr study. Two patients with left subphrenic abscess had false-negative results on both early and delayed scintigraphy. No false-positive studies were recorded. Early 67Ga scintigraphy can be a valuable noninvasive adjunct of the diagnosis of subphrenic abscess.
D000328:Adult; D003102:Colloids; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012709:Serum Albumin; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013997:Time Factors
D003102:Colloids; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D012709:Serum Albumin; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium