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Gallium Scanning in Acute Hepatic Amebic Abscess

Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence: ¹ For reprints contact: G. E. Geslien, Nuclear Medicine Service, Dept. of Radiology, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. 20012.

ABSTRACT

In two cases of acute hepatic amebic abscess ⁶⁷Ga-citrate was seen to accumulate in the periphery of the abscess cavity. The area of gallium localization appears to be in the region of hyperemia seen histologically and arteriographically. Liver scanning with ⁶⁷Ga-citrate may be more accurate than radiocolloid liver scanning for assessing the size and resolution of acute hepatic amebic abscess.