Gallium scanning in cerebral and cranial infections

Waxman, AD; Siemsen, JK

doi:10.2214/ajr.127.2.309

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“…The brain-blood-barrier mechanism of the central nervous system may also play a role in the low detection rate of TB meningitis. Only a few articles have reported gallium accumulation in patients with meningeal infection (14,15,16). To the best of our knowledge, no reports regarding gallium uptake in TB meningitis have been published.…”

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Gallium-67 Citrate Scan in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Lin

Hsieh²

1999

Nuklearmedizin

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Summary Aim: Whole-body gallium scan was performed to evaluate the usefulness of gallium scan for detecting extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) lesions. Methods: Thirty-seven patients with extrapulmonary TB were included in this study. Four patients were found to have two lesions. Totally, 41 lesions were identified, including 19 TB arthritis, 8 spinal TB, 5 TB meningitis, 3 TB lymphadenopathy, 2 TB pericarditis, 1 TB peritonitis, 1 intestinal TB, 1 skin TB and 1 renal TB. Results: Of the 41 extrapulmonary TB lesions, gallium scan detected 32 lesions with a sensitivity of 78%. All the patients with TB meningitis showed negative gallium scan. When the five cases of TB meningitis were excluded, the detection sensitivity of gallium scan increased to 88.9% (32/36). Conclusion: Our data revealed that gallium scan is a convenient and useful method for evaluating extrapulmonary TB lesions other than TB meningitis. We suggest that gallium scan be included in the clinical routine for patients with suspected extrapulmonary TB.

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confidence: 99%