Tc-99m HMPAO LABELED WHITE CELL SCAN

DATE (S) OF SERVICE: 10/4/2005

PROCEDURE:  After IV administration of autologous 99mTc HMPAO labeled white blood cells, images of the following views and at the following times were acquired.

VIEWS / TIME:  Anterior, Posterior, [...] hours

99mTc HMPAO WBC DOSE: [20] mCi

CORRELATIVE STUDIES: None.
 
COMPARISON: None.

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-old [fe]male with a history of [...]. The patient is referred to Nuclear Medicine for white blood cell scan. 

FINDINGS: 

Normal physiological tracer activity is noted in the liver and spleen and in the bone marrow of the axial and appendicular skeleton.

Abnormal tracer activity is also noted extending towards into the [...].

CONCLUSIONS: 

1. Normal White Blood Cell Scan. No evidence for abnormal tracer activity.

1. Abnormal tracer activity is also noted extending towards into the [...]. This is consistent with an active inflammatory or infectious process in these regions.

2. No evidence for abnormal tracer activity in [...] that would be consistent with an infection.

Thank you for referring this patient to the UCLA Nuclear Medicine Clinic.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.