Different fibrovascularization rate between coralline hydroxyapatite and high density porous polyethylene (Medpore) measured by Tc-99m-MDP bone scintigraphy 6 months after intraorbital implantation

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Title:	Different fibrovascularization rate between coralline hydroxyapatite and high density porous polyethylene (Medpore) measured by Tc-99m-MDP bone scintigraphy 6 months after intraorbital implantation
Authors:	Pan, MH;Wu, YW;Yen, RF;Tzen, KY;Liao, SL;Kao, CH
Contributors:	附設醫院核子醫學部;China Med Univ Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Taichung 404, Taiwan;Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Taipei, Taiwan;Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Dept Opthalmol, Taipei, Taiwan
Date:	2003
Issue Date:	2010-09-24 14:39:38 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Abstract:	Diffuse infiltrative lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders that predominantly affect the lung parenchyma and spare the airway. To objectively assess the degree of pulmonary vascular endothelium damage in active ILD, lung/liver uptake ratios (L/L ratios) on Tc-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (Tc-99m-HMPAO) lung scans were determined in 21 patients with active ILD. Meanwhile, the Ga-67 citrate uptake index (GUI) on Ga-67 lung scans was measured in order to evaluate the severity of lung inflammation in active ILD. The results show there were statistically significant differences between normal controls and patients with active ILD, as shown in the L/L ratio and GUI. However, when the patients were divided into two groups: (1) eight patients with normal chest X-ray findings, and (2) 13 patients with abnormal X-ray findings, there was no significant difference between groups I and 2 for the results of L/L ratio and GUI. In addition, no correlation between the degree of damage to the pulmonary vascular endothelium and the severity of lung inflammation was found. In conclusion, L/L ratios on Tc-99m-HMPAO lung scans and GUI on Ga-67 lung scans are different to the findings of chest X-rays and have the potential to objectively detect the degree of damage to the pulmonary vascular endothelium and the severity of lung inflammation in active IDL. However, the relationship between L/L ratio and GUI in active ILD is not significant. (C) 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.
Relation:	NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS 24(12):1237-1241
Appears in Collections:	[China Medical University Hospital] Jurnal articles

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