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| Gallium Cirtrate Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Extrapulmonry Tuberculosis |
| Kang Won Choe, Hyun Joo Pai, Yang Soo Kim, Myung Don Oh, Moon Hyeon Chung, Myung Chul Lee, Chang Soon Koh, Jun Hee Woo |
| Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.22 Num.2 (p69~72)
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Gillium citrate scans were performed in 20 patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis to evaluate the diagnostic potential of this test. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis were confirmed by biopsy and culture in 17 cases and other indirect methods in 3.
There were 12 patients with lymphadenopathy, 3 with peritonitis, 2 with intestinal the 1 with renal, spinal and miliary dissemination respectively. Postitive gallium citrate scintigraphy were obtained in 90% of patients. False negative results were obtained in one patient with tuberculosis of mediastrinal lymph node and another patient with renal tuberculosis.
We conclude that 67-Ga citrate scintigraphy is useful screening test for the detection of extrapulmonary focus of tuberculosis, thus can be a useful adjunct test for the study of fever of unknown origin.
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