Ga-67 and CT fusion imaging of an infected aortic graft.
A 17-year-old girl with a background of aortic coarctation repaired with insertion of a prosthetic graft presented with persisting fever and nonspecific back pain. Whole body Ga-67 scintigraphy was performed to evaluate occult infection. Intense uptake was noted in the region of the superior mediastinum. Fusing Ga-67 tomographic reconstruction with CT images allowed accurate determination of the area of enhanced uptake to be at the site of the aortic graft.
London
Kevin
K
Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia.
Howman-Giles
Robert
R
D000293:Adolescent; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes