[Immunoscintigraphy in inflammatory and malignant diseases. anti-leukocyte and anti-tumor antibodies]

Antibody-labelled granulocytes, antigranulocyte antibodies and radiolabelled immunoglobulin can reliably visualize foci of infection; their use in urologic inflammatory disorders is rare. In the diagnosis of urologic tumours anti-CEA immunoscintigraphy of urinary bladder cancer seems to be superior to conventional imaging techniques in sensitivity and specificity. Experience with immunoscintigraphy in non-seminomatous germ cell tumours and prostate cancer are limited; immunoscintigraphy of renal cell cancer is still in the experimental stage in clinical medicine.