PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Oates, Elizabeth
AU  - Ramberg, Karen
TI  - Visualization of a Prosthetic Vascular Graft Due to Platelet Contamination During <sup>111</sup>Indium-labeled Leukocyte Scintigraphy
DP  - 1988 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 109--110
VI  - 16
IP  - 3
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/16/3/109.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/16/3/109.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1988 Sep 01; 16
AB  - A prosthetic axillo-femoral bypass graft was visualized during 111In-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy in a patient referred for possible abdominal abscess. The presence of significant cardiac blood-pool activity raised the possibility that this uptake was due to deposition of contaminating labeled platelets rather than labeled leukocytes. An analysis of a small sample of the patient’s blood confirmed that the circulating activity was due to labeled platelets. Increased activity along prosthetic vascular grafts in patients undergoing 111In-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy may be due to adherent platelets and not indicative of infection.