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Identification of AIDS-related tuberculosis with concordant gallium-67 and three-hour delayed thallium-201
M V Gómez1, F G Gallardo, J Cobo
1Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
Concordant gallium-67 and thallium-201 uptake has been described in malignant lesions. More recently, 201Tl accumulation has been described in some benign conditions. The authors report three HIV-positive patients who underwent 67Ga and 201Tl scintigraphy. These studies revealed concordant 67Ga and 201Tl uptake and tumour was erroneously diagnosed. All three patients were finally diagnosed as having tuberculosis.