Of particular clinical concern is the possibility of a progressive inflamma tory lung syndrome
which can result in severe chronic restrictive lung dis ease. In the early stages, there is a …

In spite of localization of gallium in the lungs in a large variety of inflammatory pulmonary
diseases, the chest radiograph is and will continue to be the principal diagnostic tool for …

RESULTS The procedure was well tolerated and without corn plications in all subjects.
Anterior and posterior recti linear scans of the thorax and abdomen showed non specific Ga …

Imaging of the chest cage with gallium-67 (67 Ga) citrate is relatively easier to perform and
interpret than imaging of the abdomen, because normally pulmonary concentration is low …

Gallium 67 lung scan has recently become increasingly used to evaluate the biological
activity of alveolitis of interstitial lung diseases and to stage the disease process. In order to …

Gallium-67 localizes in inflammatory lesions by a variety of mechanisms including direct
bacterial uptake, direct uptake by leukocytes, increased vessel permeability and fixation in …

MATERIALS AND METHODS The population studied consisted of 87 patients with various
types of untreated primary pulmonary carcino ma, with the exclusion of mediastinal tumors …

Thoracic masses are usually detected by chest radiograph or CT during a screening
procedure, as part of a routine physical examination, or in the evaluation of some symptom …

Although radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are still the
methods of choice for the study of lung cancer, they have certain limitations in the …

Idiopatnic pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal disorder characterized by interstitial fibrosis and
parenchymal inflammation. Current concepts of this disease suggest that the inflammation …