Unlabelled: Splenectomy is considered the second-line of treatment in patients with chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in whom glucocorticoids have failed. Some patients do not respond to splenectomy or they have postoperative complications. Based on our previous experience using kinetic and scintigraphic parameters, we did a retrospective study with the aim of comparing all these parameters as a means of predicting the success of splenectomy in persistent and chronic primary ITP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe here a protocol for labelling autologous white blood cells with (111)In-oxine based on previously published consensus papers and guidelines. This protocol includes quality control and safety procedures and is in accordance with current European Union regulations and International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe here a protocol for labelling autologous white blood cells with (99m)Tc-HMPAO based on previously published consensus papers and guidelines. This protocol includes quality control and safety procedures and is in accordance with current European Union regulations and International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 99m Tc-depreotide vs PET-18FDG scans in patients with suspicion of lung cancer.
Material And Methods: Prospective study in 29 patients (age: 38-80 years) diagnosed of inderteminate lung lesions. Diagnosis was established by histology based on samples of surgical resection, fine needle aspiration (FNA) or broncoalveolar lavage (BAL).
Background: Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) is the most used plasma expander in the sedimentation of the erythrocytes during the radiolabelling procedure for leukocytes in vitro.
Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of succinylated gelatine (GEL), another colloidal plasma expander, as an alternative to HES in this process.
Methods: Two identical blood samples were obtained from 30 patients referred to white blood cell scintigraphy.