Diagnosis of upper-abdominal infections by In-111 labeled leukocytes with Tc-99m colloid subtraction technique.
In 65 patients suspected of upper-abdominal inflammatory disease, indium-111 leukocyte scintigraphy was combined with a Tc-99m(Sn)colloid scan by computer-assisted subtraction. In 84% of these cases, a definite diagnosis would not have been possible without this method of subtraction. Accuracy was found to be 80%, sensitivity 93%, and specificity 59%. False-positive results were due either to noninfectious inflammatory lesions with accumulation of leukocytes or to some pitfalls in the subtraction technique itself.
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium