False positive thallium-201 SPECT imaging in brain abscess.

Autor: Martínez del Valle, M D, Gómez-Río, M, Horcajadas, A, Rodríguez-Fernández, A, Muros de Fuentes, M A, Acosta-Gómez, M J, Castañeda, M, Llamas-Elvira, J M, Arjona, V
Zdroj: The British Journal of Radiology; February 2000, Vol. 73 Issue: 866 p160-164, 5p
Abstrakt: Three cases of intracranial 201Tl uptake, reported as positive tumour activity in patients with a final diagnosis of abscess, are described. 201Tl has been proposed as a useful oncotropic radiotracer in the diagnosis of brain tumour activity. These cases suggest a note of caution in the interpretation of 201Tl brain images in the differential diagnosis of an intracranial expanding mass.
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