67Gallium citrate can accumulate in different inflammatory and neoplastic lesions. The mechanisms of 67Gallium uptake in abnormal tissue are still partially unknown and the tracer is considered a nonspecific indicator of disease. In AIDS patients, 67Gallium citrate is used in the diagnosis and characterization of opportunistic pulmonary infections and especially of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. From June 1989 through December 1992 in our Department 140 67Gallium scans were performed on 103 AIDS patients, referred for evaluation of pulmonary symptoms
Scintigraphy with gallium-67 citrate in patients with AIDS: pathologic extrapulmonary uptake / Brunetti, A; Mangoni di S., Stefano ML; Chirianni, A; Bonadies, G; Celentano, Luigi; Foggia, M; Tedeschi, Enrico; Cataldo, Pt; Piazza, M; Salvatore, M.. - In: LA RADIOLOGIA MEDICA. - ISSN 0033-8362. - STAMPA. - 87 (5):1994 May;87(5):683-7(1994), pp. 683-687.
Scintigraphy with gallium-67 citrate in patients with AIDS: pathologic extrapulmonary uptake
CELENTANO, LUIGI;TEDESCHI, ENRICO;
1994
Abstract
67Gallium citrate can accumulate in different inflammatory and neoplastic lesions. The mechanisms of 67Gallium uptake in abnormal tissue are still partially unknown and the tracer is considered a nonspecific indicator of disease. In AIDS patients, 67Gallium citrate is used in the diagnosis and characterization of opportunistic pulmonary infections and especially of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. From June 1989 through December 1992 in our Department 140 67Gallium scans were performed on 103 AIDS patients, referred for evaluation of pulmonary symptomsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
