Native Aortic and Prosthetic Vascular Stent Infection on 99mTc-Labeled White Blood Cell Scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Seung Wook Ryu¹  Kevin C. Allman¹ 

[1] Department of PET/Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of PET/Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of PET/Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

关键词: molecular imaging;    vascular;    aortic aneurysm;    aortitis;    vascular stent infection;    white blood cell scintigraphy;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnmt.113.127704

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

The value of 99mTc-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy for endovascular prosthetic infections is well known. In the unique case reported here, infection of the native aorta was detected in addition to an infected vascular prosthesis. The case demonstrates that 99mTc-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy can identify not only the more usual prosthetic stent/graft infection but also infection of the native aorta. When scrutinizing studies for infection of prosthetic material, readers should also carefully examine the native aorta.

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