title: [67Ga-citrate in the diagnosis of lung diseases].
abstract: Altogether 214 patients with different pulmonary diseases were examined using 67Ga-citrate scintigraphy. A high sensitivity of the method (94%) in the diagnosis of primary lung cancer and its high specificity (81.8%) in differential diagnosis of lung cancer and chronic non-specific lung diseases were established. The use of "positive" lung scintigraphy with 67Ga-citrate for diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary lesions as a result of a low sensitivity of the method in this pathology was found inappropriate. Differential diagnosis of lung cancer and acute inflammatory process by two investigations with 67Ga-citrate before and after a course of antibacterial and antiinflammatory therapy turned out possible; the preservation of a focus of raised accumulation of tumoritropic RP was typical of lung cancer whereas the disappearance of a focus or a decrease in the level of RP accumulation was typical of an acute inflammatory process.
authors.forename: Ia E
authors.initials: IaE
authors.lastname: Vikman
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Nagulin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes
vernacular_title: 67Ga-tsitrat v diagnostike zabolevaniĭ legkikh.