title: Differential diagnosis of CT-hypodense cranial lesions with indium-111-oxine-labeled leukocytes.
abstract: Scintigraphy using indium-111-oxine-labeled white blood cells was used as a complementary diagnostic study in the differential diagnosis of 20 intracerebral cystic lesions for which computerized tomography scanning did not exclude abscess. To lower the rate of false-positive findings with scintiscanning, three criteria of positivity were tested in the 20 lesions. The most stringent criterion yielded 100% sensitivity, 94% specificity, and 96% diagnostic accuracy. The clinical and surgical implications of these results are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015125:Oxyquinoline; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D015125:Oxyquinoline