Identification of AIDS-related tuberculosis with concordant gallium-67 and three-hour delayed thallium-201 scintigraphy. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Identification of AIDS-related tuberculosis with concordant gallium-67 and three-hour delayed thallium-201 scintigraphy.

Eur J Nucl Med. 1996 Jul;23(7):852-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96269981
Gomez MV; Gallardo FG; Cobo J; Babe J; Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Instituto de Salud Carlos III,; Madrid, Spain.

Abstract: Concordant gallium-67 and thallium-201 uptake has been described in malignant lesions. More recently, 201Tl accumulation has been described in some benign conditions. The authors report three HIV-positive patients who underwent 67Ga and 201Tl scintigraphy. These studies revealed concordant 67Ga and 201Tl uptake and tumour was erroneously diagnosed. All three patients were finally diagnosed as having tuberculosis.
Keywords: Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Gallium Radioisotopes/*DIAGNOSTIC USE Human Lung Neoplasms/RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING Male Thallium Radioisotopes/*DIAGNOSTIC USE Time Factors Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDradionuclideimagingcasereportdiagnosis,differentialgalliumradioisotopes/KWDdiagnosticusehumanlungneoplasms/radionuclideimagingmalethalliumradioisotopes/KWDdiagnosticusetimefactorstuberculosis,lymphnode/KWDradionuclideimagingtuberculosis,pulmonary/KWDradionuclideimagingjournalarticle
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