title: Gallium-67 SPECT/CT for abdominal abscess.
abstract: An 80-year-old woman, who had suffered from end-stage renal disease under peritoneal dialysis, was presented with intermittent fever, leukocytosis, and elevated C-reactive protein for 4 months. She did not have symptom of abdominal pain. Culture of ascites showed Klebsiella pneumoniae. Abdominal utrasonography was negative. Whole-body gallium-67 imaging showed a segmental uptake mimicking bowels in right abdomen. SPECT/CT revealed the uptake in a soft tissue density beneath the abdominal wall instead of bowels. Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated a low-density mass with peripheral enhancement at the aforementioned area. Her clinical condition stabilized gradually after CT-guided percutaneous drainage of pus from the abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mei-Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jei-Yie
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Deng-Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Pei-Ying
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Ruoh-Fang
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes