| Psoas Abscess Revealed by Gallium SPECT/CT. | |
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PMID: 21467852 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Psoas abscess is an uncommon condition that can be easily misdiagnosed if planar scintigraphy alone is used. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT is superior to planar imaging because it can usually eliminate the problem of misdiagnosis. We describe a case of a 70-year-old woman with intermittent pyrexia and gradual onset of left hip pain for 2 days. Planar scintigraphy with technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate and gallium-67 citrate revealed radiotracer accumulation on the left side of the vertebral column at the L4-L5 level and the left sacroiliac joint. SPECT/CT scan revealed gallium-67 accumulation not only in the aforementioned osteomyelitic regions but also in the left psoas muscle, which was finally identified as a psoas abscess. The spatial and anatomic information provided by SPECT/CT, which helped identify the occult infection, was more accurate than that by conventional planar imaging modalities. |
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Wei-Ning Du; Chin Hu; Daw-Guey Tsay; Nan-Jing Peng |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Clinical nuclear medicine Volume: 36 ISSN: 1536-0229 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Nucl Med Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-04-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7611109 Medline TA: Clin Nucl Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 359-60 Citation Subset: IM |
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From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and †School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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