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Nonpustular psoriatic lesions detected by Tc-99m HMPAO labeled granulocytes
1Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient with a fever of unknown origin was evaluated by abdominal SPECT using Tc-99m HMPAO labeled granulocytes and a triple detector camera. Although no abscesses were located, nonpustular psoriatic skin lesions were demonstrated incidentally on the reprojectional images. Psoriatic scales contain a chemotactic factor for leukocytes, and this is a likely explanation for the increased uptake of the radiotracer by psoriatic lesions.