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Minkyung Lee1, Jin Soo Lee, Ji-Hyeon Baek
1From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Abstract:
A 64-year-old male patient diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 years ago was admitted with fever and chills. The patient had complex medical history and several indwelling catheters/tubes in his body. To identify the infection focus, 67Ga whole-body scintigraphy and SPECT/CT were obtained. 67Ga whole-body scintigraphy demonstrated focal 67Ga uptake in the lower pelvic cavity and the right kidney. Additional Ga SPECT/CT images were obtained, and it enabled characterization of these uptakes as infection of bladder stones that result in pyelitis.
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