[Diagnosis of osteomyelitis using Ga-67 citrate].
To increase the specificity of radionuclide diagnosis of purulent bone affections the authors used Ga-67 citrate which is incorporated into the circulating leukocytes. From the results of examination of 32 patients a comparative characteristics of the diagnostic value of osteotropic agents labeled with Tc-99m and Ga-67 citrate are given. The expediency of using Ga-67 citrate for indicating an inflammatory process in the phase of abscess formation is shown.
Zavadovskaia
V D
VD
Borodulin
V G
VG
Dambaev
G Ts
GTs
Ermolitskiĭ
N M
NM
Skidonenko
V V
VV
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid; D013667:Technetium