title: Chronic prosthetic vascular graft infection visualized with technetium-99m-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime-labeled leukocytes.
abstract: Technetium-99m-HMPAO labeled leukocytes demonstrated chronic femoro-femoral prosthetic vascular graft infection several times during an 18-mo period in a 77-yr-old man. The intensity and distribution of the uptake in the graft were fluctuating in different imaging occasions possibly indicating the strength and location of the infection. Gallium-67-citrate imaging showed negative results twice. The reason for negative 67Ga results remained obscure. The infected graft was removed and the patient did well 5 mo postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vorne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laitinen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lantto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Järvi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Toivio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mokka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime