Usefulness of scintigraphy with labelled leucocytes and SPECT/CT in vascular graft infection
Vascular graft infections are a rare complication in this type of procedure. However, when they do occur, they usually have high morbidity, and even a high mortality. Proper identification and location is crucial for the appropriate and early management, whether medical or surgical, thus knowledge o...
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- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23173
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.remn.2017.05.001
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23173
- Palabra clave:
- Hexamethylpropylene amine oxime technetium tc 99m
Hexamethylpropylene amine oxime technetium tc 99m
Radiopharmaceutical agent
Article
Blood vessel graft
Cell labeling
Clinical article
Clinical examination
Diagnostic accuracy
Diagnostic value
Graft infection
Human
Human cell
Leukocyte
Microbiological examination
Scintigraphy
Single photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography
Aged
Blood vessel
Cardiovascular infection
Case report
Diagnostic imaging
Male
Microbiology
Postoperative complication
Scintiscanning
Transplantation
Vascular disease
Very elderly
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood vessels
Cardiovascular infections
Humans
Leukocytes
Male
Postoperative complications
Radionuclide imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Single photon emission computed tomography computed tomography
Technetium tc 99m exametazime
Vascular diseases
99tc-white blood cells scintigraphy
Blood vessel prosthesis infection
Spect/ct
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Summary: | Vascular graft infections are a rare complication in this type of procedure. However, when they do occur, they usually have high morbidity, and even a high mortality. Proper identification and location is crucial for the appropriate and early management, whether medical or surgical, thus knowledge of the right tools is paramount. Nuclear medicine studies play an important role in this regard, either by using labelled white blood cells scintigraphy or 18F-FDG. The choice, among other factors, will depend on the experience with both techniques by the different groups, their knowledge of them, as well as their availability. Two cases are presented in which 99mTc-HMPAO-white blood cells SPECT/CT scintigraphy was very useful in the diagnosis and location of the suspected infectious compromise, which led to the subsequent appropriate and guided management. Both cases were confirmed clinically and microbiologically. © 2017 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMNIM |
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