title: Failure of Gallium-67 scintigraphy to identify reliably noninfectious interstitial nephritis: concise communication.
abstract: Gallium-67 scintigraphy has been reported to be useful in the diagnosis of noninfectious interstitial nephritis. We studied 12 patients with Ga-67 citrate that were diagnosed as having noninfectious interstitial nephritis on renal biopsy. Only seven of the twelve patients with interstitial nephritis on biopsy were scan-positive. Gallium-67 scintigraphy may not reliably identify noninfectious interstitial nephritis.
mesh_terms: D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes