title: Gallium scintigraphy in a case of tuberculous trochanteric bursitis.
abstract: We report a 67-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic disseminated tuberculosis affecting the femoral trochanteric bursae, a site rarely affected by tuberculosis. For quantification of the inflammation with gallium-67 scintigraphy, we calculated the radioisotope count ratio in the most inflamed areas, the right lateral thorax and bursa of the right greater trochanter. Systemic scanning with this modality allowed evaluation of the extent of lesions and simple quantitative determination of the severity of inflammation, yielding information useful for the follow-up of the patient during the course of tuberculosis treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. etsushi-k@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Etsushi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsumoto
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oe
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurooka
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Habu
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiomi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002062:Bursitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes