Comparison of gallium-67 citrate and technetium-99m tetrofosmin scan to detect Hodgkin’s disease

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 439-442 - 2003
Feng-Yuan Liu1, Yu-Chien Shiau1, Ruoh-Fang Yen2, Jhi-Joung Wang3, Shung-Tai Ho4, Chia-Hung Kao5
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
4School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
5Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tóm tắt

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the usefulness of gallium-67 citrate (67Ga) and technetium-99m tetrofosmin (Tc-TF) scan to detect Hodgkin’s disease (HD).Methods: In this study, 24 patients with HD underwent67Ga and Tc-TF scan before receiving any therapy.Results:67Ga scan could detect HD in all 24 (100%) patients. Tc-TF scan could detect HD in 22/24 (91.6%) patients, but it was false-negative in one case of infradiaphragmatic HD and in another, case with chemotherapy resistance. There was no significant difference in detection sensitivity between67Ga and Tc-TF scan.Conclusions: We conclude that Tc-TF scan can not replace conventional67Ga scan to detect HD.

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