Usefulness of techntium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime lung scan to detect subclinical lung injury in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
In this study, we employed techntium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (Tc-99m HMPAO) lung scan to detect subclinical lung injury of patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) who had normal chest X-ray findings (CXR) and pulmonary function test (PFT). The degree of pulmonary vascular endothelium damage was represented as lung/liver uptake ratios (L/L ratios) calculated by Tc-99m HMPAO lung scan. The L/L ratios of the 20 male NIDDM patients with normal CXR and PFT were compared with those of the 20 male normal controls. The results show that the L/L ratios on Tc-99m HMPAO lung scan were significantly higher in NIDDM patients than those in normal controls. Using a cutoff value of 0.50, 17 of the 20 (85%) NIDDM patients had abnormally increased L/L ratios. Our findings concluded that the pulmonary vascular endothelium damage represented as significantly increased L/L ratios on Tc-99m HMPAO lung scan in NIDDM patients with normal CXR and PFT. In addition, Tc-99m HMPAO lung scan has the potential to be a sensitive, objective, and noninvasive method to detect subclinical lung injury of patients with NIDDN, which are different from the traditional studies such as CXR or CFT.
Chang
Chwen-Tzuei
CT
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Liu
Feng-Yuan
FY
Lin
Cheng-Chieh
CC
Wang
Tzu-Yuan
TY
Lee
Cheng-Chun
CC
Kao
Albert
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010091:Oximes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D010091:Oximes; C068296:hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime; D013667:Technetium