Gallium scintigraphy in a case of tuberculous trochanteric bursitis.
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.
Kawamura
Etsushi
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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
Kawabe
Joji
J
Tsumoto
Chikako
C
Hayashi
Takehiro
T
Oe
Ai
A
Kurooka
Hiroko
H
Kotani
Jin
J
Higashiyama
Shigeaki
S
Tsushima
Hiroyuki
H
Habu
Daiki
D
Shiomi
Susumu
S
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
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes