title: Value of 67Gallium scintigraphy in the diagnosis of localized renal and perirenal inflammation.
abstract: Eight patients with renal or perirenal abscesses were evaluated by 67gallium scintigraphy. The correlation of localized 67gallium uptake to the inflammatory lesion was proved by tissue diagnoses in 7 patients and by response to treatment and repeated studies in the remaining case. 67Gallium scanning was found to be an accurate, non-invastive technique. It should be applied early in diagnosing inflammatory lesions of the retroperitoneum and for examining fever of unknown origin.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009393:Nephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium