'Hot' and 'cold' lesions detected by gallium-67 scintigraphy in a pyogenic liver abscess.
Most pyogenic liver abscesses appear to be 'not' in a 67Ga-citrate study; rarely, a 'warm' or 'cold' area may also be seen. We present a patient with a pyogenic liver abscess that had both 'cold' and 'hot' areas in the 67Ga-citrate study. This striking finding is probably related to the different stages of evolution of the abscess.
D004322:Drainage; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid