title: Indium-111 leucocyte scanning in the evaluation of painful hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Thirty patients with a painful hip arthroplasty had an In-111 leucocyte scan before surgical reexploration. In 12 patients, the In-111 leucocyte scan was abnormal and in all of them, microorganisms were found at the culture of the material from their hips at the operation. Among the 18 patients with a normal scan no infection was found in 17. In one patient, a thick-walled abscess growing Escherichia coli was found. We conclude that In-111 scanning is sensitive, specific and therefore useful in the differential diagnosis of pain after hip arthroplasty.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium