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The radionuclide diagnosis, evaluation, and follow-up of malignant external otitis (MEO)

The value of immediate blood pool scanning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

I. Garty ,
G. Rosen  and
Y. Holdstein
I. Garty*
Affiliation:
Nuclear Medicine, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
G. Rosen
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Departments, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
Y. Holdstein
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Departments, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
*
Dr. I. Garty, Head of Niclear Medicine Department, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, 18101Israel
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Abstract

A patient suffering from malignant external otitis (MEO) underwent early blood pool scanning followed after 2 hours by 99m To MDP bone scanning, and serial Ga-67 citrate scintigraphies of the skull. The former two procedures served as a diagnostic tool to MEO. The latter was used for estimating the extent of the infective process, and for following-up the efficacy of treatment.

The complementary role of these three procedures in the diagnosis, and follow-up of MEO, with special emphasis on immediate blood pool scanning as part of the diagnostic procedure, is illustrated.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , February 1985 , pp. 109 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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