title: Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs. Etiologic classification and pattern recognition.
abstract: Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs could be because of cardiac, neoplastic, inflammatory, or interstitial lung disease. Examples from the different categories, differential diagnosis, and different patterns are presented. The authors discuss the different mechanisms of increased Tl-201 uptake in the lungs which vary according to the underlying pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York,Valhalla, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdel-Dayem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bag
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Macapinlac
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Elgazzar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Habbab
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pescatore
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kempf
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes