Document 0329
 DOCN  M9460329
 TI    67Ga scintigraphy in HIV antibody positive patients; a review of its
       clinical usefulness.
 DT    9408
 AU    Wassie E; Buscombe JR; Miller RF; Ell PJ; Institute of Nuclear Medicine,
       University College London Medical; School, UK.
 SO    Br J Radiol. 1994 Apr;67(796):349-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94228222
 AB    We reviewed the results of 67Ga scintigraphy in HIV antibody positive
       patients in order to determine how the result affected management. Case
       records of 37 HIV antibody positive patients undergoing 41 67Ga
       scintigraphic studies over a 31 month period were examined. New and
       additional information was provided by 67Ga scintigraphy in 22 studies
       (53%). In 13 studies (32%) there was a positive effect on patient
       management. 67Ga scintigraphy was most useful in differentiating
       Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia from Kaposi's sarcoma in the chest and
       for the diagnosis of unsuspected lymphoma. Factors which reduced the
       effectiveness of 67Ga scintigraphy included empirical use of antibiotics
       in patients with suspected infection and the low specificity of the
       test.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Bacterial Infections/RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING  Comparative
       Study  Diagnosis, Differential  Female  Gallium
       Radioisotopes/*DIAGNOSTIC USE  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING
       Infection/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING  Male  Middle Age  Pneumonia,
       Pneumocystis carinii/RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING  Retrospective Studies  Time
       Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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