Authors: Etsushi Kawamura Joji Kawabe Chikako Tsumoto Takehiro Hayashi Ai Oe Hiroko Kurooka Jin Kotani Shigeaki Higashiyama Hiroyuki Tsushima Daiki Habu Susumu Shiomi
Publish Date: 2007/06/25
Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 229-
Abstract
We report a 67yearold woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic disseminated tuberculosis affecting the femoral trochanteric bursae a site rarely affected by tuberculosis For quantification of the inflammation with gallium67 scintigraphy we calculated the radioisotope count ratio in the most inflamed areas the right lateral thorax and bursa of the right greater trochanter Systemic scanning with this modality allowed evaluation of the extent of lesions and simple quantitative determination of the severity of inflammation yielding information useful for the followup of the patient during the course of tuberculosis treatment
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