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

J Nucl Med Technol

Department of PET/Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Published: June 2014

The value of (99m)Tc-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 (99m)Tc-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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http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.113.127704DOI Listing

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