pyrophosphate and Pelvic-Inflammatory-Disease

Angioscintigraphy was used for examination of 128 patients, of them 91 had tumors of the genital organs, 22 inflammatory adnexal processes and 15 various extragenital diseases. Statistical scintigraphy was performed 5-40 min. after RP intravenous injection at 175-555 MBq. RP injection was followed by dynamic studies, the rate of recording being 1 frame per min. An anterioposterior direct projection with alignment of a gamma-chamber detector over the small pelvic area was used. 99mTc-human serum albumin and erythrocytes labeled in vivo with 99mTc-pyrophosphate served as radioactive markers of the blood pool. A scintigraphic picture in normal and pathology (tumors and inflammatory processes) in the uterus and appendages had characteristics features. Data on a degree of tumor vascularization could be used for recognition of disease as well as for adequate assessment of therapeutic efficacy. The sensitivity of the method was 97%, its specificity--59%, its accuracy--88%.

Topics: Adnexa Uteri; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Diagnosis, Differential; Diphosphates; Female; Humans; Leiomyoma; Middle Aged; Ovarian Cysts; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Radionuclide Imaging; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; Uterine Neoplasms; Uterus