[The role of gallium-67 citrate scintigraphy in Crohn's disease].
We investigated the usefulness of gallium scintigraphy and its importance in the choice of a treatment method for Crohn's disease. The subjects for the study were 30 patients diagnosed as Crohn's disease. After intravenous injections of 67Ga-citrate 111 MBq, planar and SPECT images were taken at 48 and 72 hrs. The overall positive rate was 42.1%, and among the positive cases, 78.6% required surgical treatment. On the other hand, surgical treatment was only performed in 18.8% of the negative cases, which was significantly low percentage. However, since 75% of the cases, in whom surgical treatment was performed, showed preoperative positive 67Ga results, positive cases detected by 67Ga scintigraphy were considered to be high-risk cases requiring surgical treatment.
Saito
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Y
Department of Radiology, Asahikawa Medical College.
Ayabe
T
T
Aburano
T
T
Shuke
N
N
Takashio
T
T
Yamada
T
T
Yoshikawa
D
D
Kawaguchi
K
K
Touyama
S
S
Yoshida
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D012306:Risk; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid