title: 67Ga SPECT/CT of infected bladder stones and pyelitis.
abstract: A 64-year-old male patient diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 years ago was admitted with fever and chills. The patient had complex medical history and several indwelling catheters/tubes in his body. To identify the infection focus, 67Ga whole-body scintigraphy and SPECT/CT were obtained. 67Ga whole-body scintigraphy demonstrated focal 67Ga uptake in the lower pelvic cavity and the right kidney. Additional Ga SPECT/CT images were obtained, and it enabled characterization of these uptakes as infection of bladder stones that result in pyelitis.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Minkyung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji-Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: In Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Hyun
mesh_terms: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011702:Pyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals