The radionuclide diagnosis, evaluation and follow-up of malignant external otitis (MEO). The value of immediate blood pool scanning.
A patient suffering from malignant external otitis (MEO) underwent early blood pool scanning followed after 2 hours by 99m Tc MDP bone scanning and serial Ga-67 citrate scintigraphies of the skull. The former two procedures served as a diagnostic tool to MEO. The latter was used for estimating the extent of the infective process and for following-up the efficacy of treatment. The complementary role of these three procedures in the diagnosis and follow-up of MEO, with special emphasis on immediate blood pool scanning as part of the diagnostic procedure, is illustrated.
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Rosen
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Holdstein
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D000368:Aged; D001390:Azlocillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004164:Diphosphonates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium; D001390:Azlocillin; D014031:Tobramycin; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate