Failure of Gallium-67 Scintigraphy to Identify Reliably Noninfectious Interstitial Nephritis: Concise Communication

Overview

Journal J Nucl Med

Specialty Nuclear Medicine

Date 1983 Jul 1

PMID 6864309

Citations 9

Authors

G D Graham

M M Lundy

A J Moreno

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Abstract

Gallium-67 scintigraphy has been reported to be useful in the diagnosis of noninfectious interstitial nephritis. We studied 12 patients with Ga-67 citrate that were diagnosed as having noninfectious interstitial nephritis on renal biopsy. Only seven of the twelve patients with interstitial nephritis on biopsy were scan-positive. Gallium-67 scintigraphy may not reliably identify noninfectious interstitial nephritis.

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