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Studies with gallium-67 and three-phase bone imaging (TPBS), though very sensitive, are not very specific in evaluating suspected osteomyelitis (OM) that is superimposed upon other diseases causing increased bone turnover. A total of 57 patients with suspected OM were studied; this included 48 with increased bone turnover. All of the patients were studied with granulocytes labeled with In-111 acetylacetone (In-111 GRAN), TPBS and 29 of these patients had Ga-67 studies as well. In-111 GRAN had a sensitivity of 100% in acute OM and 60% in chronic OM, with a specificity of 96%. Gallium-67 was excellent in ruling out OM when the study was normal, or in ruling in OM when the relative uptake of Ga-67 exceeded the uptake of Tc-99m MDP, or when the Ga-67 in bone had a different distribution from the TPBS. Unfortunately, these criteria were met in only 28% of our subjects. We conclude that when added to TPBS, the In-111 GRAN study plays an important role in detecting complicating OM.
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
November 1983,
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
March 2000,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
September 2002,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
August 1983,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
May 2001,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
March 1995,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
July 1997,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
July 1989,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
January 1992,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
D S Schauwecker, and
H M Park, and
B H Mock, and
R W Burt, and
C B Kernick, and
A C Ruoff, and
H J Sinn, and
H N Wellman
December 1983,
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine,
