Comparison of quantitative Tc-99m-HMPAO and Ga-67 citrate lung scans in patients with active diffuse infiltrative lung disease

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Title:	Comparison of quantitative Tc-99m-HMPAO and Ga-67 citrate lung scans in patients with active diffuse infiltrative lung disease
Authors:	Liu, FY;Shiau, YC;Kao, A;Hsu, WH;Wang, JJ;Tsai, CH
Contributors:	附設醫院醫研部;China Med Univ Hosp, Dept Med Res, Taichung 404, Taiwan;Far Eastern Mem Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Taipei, Taiwan;China Med Univ Hosp, Div Pulm Crit Care Med, Taichung 404, Taiwan;Chi Mei Med Ctr, Dept Med Res, Tainan, Taiwan;Healthcare & Management Univ, Grad Inst Healthcare Adm Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
Date:	2003
Issue Date:	2010-09-24 14:57:14 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Abstract:	Tc-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (Tc-99m-ECD) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was used to detect abnormal regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Ten patients with acute CO poisoning and no past histories of psychoneurological disorders were enrolled in this study. After oxygen treatment, all of the 10 patients were investigated using Tc-99m-ECD brain SPECT and brain computed tomography (CT) scan. Brain CT scan findings were normal in all of the 10 patients. Tc-99m-ECD brain SPECT showed the hypoperfusion lesions of the basal ganglia and brain cortex in five and seven patients, respectively. Only three of the 10 patients had normal Tc-99m-ECD brain SPECT findings. This study suggests that, in comparison with brain CT scan, Tc-99m-ECD brain SPECT is a better tool for the early detection of hypoperfusion brain lesions in acute CO poisoning in patients with normal brain CT findings. ((C) 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilkins).
Relation:	NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS 24(12):1243-1246
Appears in Collections:	[China Medical University Hospital] Jurnal articles

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