RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Visualization of a Prosthetic Vascular Graft Due to Platelet Contamination During <sup>111</sup>Indium-labeled Leukocyte Scintigraphy
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 109
OP 110
VO 16
IS 3
A1 Oates, Elizabeth
A1 Ramberg, Karen
YR 1988
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/16/3/109.abstract
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.