TY - JOUR
T1 - Significance of nodal uptake on indium 111 labeled leukocyte scans
AU - Oates, E.
AU - Staudinger, K.
AU - Gilbertson, V.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - A retrospective study of 132 indium 111 labeled leukocyte scans on 129 patients was undertaken to determine the incidence and significance of activity in the neck, axilla, and groin suggestive of regional lymph nodes. Possible nodal uptake was observed in 35 out of 108 (32%) adults and 11 out of 21 (52%) children. Activity was characterized as symmetric or asymmetric. Based on medical record review, positive scans were divided into two groups: with or without clinical correlation. Nodal visualization was common in children and showed a high degree of clinical correlation. In adults, asymmetric uptake in the axilla and groin was frequently associated with disease. Cervical activity, however, often remained unexplained and may represent false-positive uptake in mandibular marrow or submandibular glands. In summary, nodal uptake may represent a significant finding, reflecting known disease or may signal subclinical disease.
AB - A retrospective study of 132 indium 111 labeled leukocyte scans on 129 patients was undertaken to determine the incidence and significance of activity in the neck, axilla, and groin suggestive of regional lymph nodes. Possible nodal uptake was observed in 35 out of 108 (32%) adults and 11 out of 21 (52%) children. Activity was characterized as symmetric or asymmetric. Based on medical record review, positive scans were divided into two groups: with or without clinical correlation. Nodal visualization was common in children and showed a high degree of clinical correlation. In adults, asymmetric uptake in the axilla and groin was frequently associated with disease. Cervical activity, however, often remained unexplained and may represent false-positive uptake in mandibular marrow or submandibular glands. In summary, nodal uptake may represent a significant finding, reflecting known disease or may signal subclinical disease.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-198904000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00003072-198904000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 2706871
AN - SCOPUS:0024594108
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 14
SP - 282
EP - 285
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 4
ER -