PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ryu, Seung Wook
AU  - Allman, Kevin C.
TI  - Native Aortic and Prosthetic Vascular Stent Infection on <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Labeled White Blood Cell Scintigraphy
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.113.127704
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 120--121
VI  - 42
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/2/120.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/2/120.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2014 Jun 01; 42
AB  - 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.