Technetium-99m HMPAO labeled leukocytes as the primary diagnostic tool in a case of brain abscess

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 679-682

  Saba, Philip R ^a   McDonald, Kathleen ^a   Hunn, Jonathan ^a   Dastur, Khurshed ^a   Chablani, Vinod ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Abscess; Technetium 99m HMPAO

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LEUKOCYTE IN 111;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0031445075     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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