Successful gallium-67 imaging of North American pulmonary blastomycosis

B F Dayanikli; A F Weissman; R L Wahl

Successful gallium-67 imaging of North American pulmonary blastomycosis

J Nucl Med. 1993 Jun;34(6):958-60.

Authors

B F Dayanikli¹, A F Weissman, R L Wahl

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0028.

PMID: 8509865

Abstract

South American blastomycosis (Paracoccidioidomycosis) has been previously imaged using 67Ga imaging. We present a case of North American pulmonary blastomycosis successfully imaged with 67Ga. Clinical, radiologic and biopsy findings are correlated.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Blastomycosis / diagnostic imaging*
Blastomycosis / pathology
Gallium Radioisotopes*
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
Male
Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

Gallium Radioisotopes