Accumulation of Ga-67 citrate in a tuberculous splenic abscess. Report of a rare case.
A case of 65-year-old man with tuberculous splenic abscess is presented. The Ga-67 citrate scan revealed three focal areas of increased uptake in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. The combined Tc-99m SC/Ga-67 scans revealed that these Ga-67 avid lesions localized in the splenic photon-deficit areas found in the Tc-99m SC scan. This case demonstrated the usefulness of Ga-67 imaging in a survey of fever of unknown origin in unsuspected tuberculous splenic abscess.
Kao
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Tzen
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Chou
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Lu
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid