Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs. Etiologic classification and pattern recognition

H Abdel-Dayem; R Bag; H Macapinlac; A H Elgazzar; N Habbab; F Pescatore; J Kempf

doi:10.1097/00003072-199502000-00013

Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs. Etiologic classification and pattern recognition

Clin Nucl Med. 1995 Feb;20(2):164-72. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199502000-00013.

Authors

H Abdel-Dayem¹, R Bag, H Macapinlac, A H Elgazzar, N Habbab, F Pescatore, J Kempf

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York,Valhalla, USA.

PMID: 7720309
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199502000-00013

Abstract

Diffuse Tl-201 uptake in the lungs could be because of cardiac, neoplastic, inflammatory, or interstitial lung disease. Examples from the different categories, differential diagnosis, and different patterns are presented. The authors discuss the different mechanisms of increased Tl-201 uptake in the lungs which vary according to the underlying pathology.

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / secondary
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / diagnostic imaging
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / etiology
Radionuclide Imaging
Thallium Radioisotopes*
Tuberculosis, Miliary / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Thallium Radioisotopes