technetium-tc-99m-sulfur-colloid and Hematologic-Diseases

The scintigraphy of the bone marrow can supply information for its distribution in the body and for its functional state as well. The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of the scintigraphic imaging of the bone marrow by means of radiopharmaceutical drugs--99mTc-sulfur colloid for imaging the monocytic macrophagal system and 111In-chloride for imaging of erythroid cells--and to determine its characteristics in some hematologic diseases. 72 patients with hematologic diseases and 10 healthy controls were examined. The results lead to the conclusion that bone marrow scintigraphy is a useful method which helps the physician in the diagnosis of hematologic diseases, the determination of the stage of the disease, the assessment of the efficacy of the treatment applied and in all cases of discrepancy between the bone marrow histology and the clinical status of the patient.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone Marrow; Female; Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Indium; Indium Radioisotopes; Macrophages; Male; Middle Aged; Monocytes; Radionuclide Imaging; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bone Marrow; Diagnosis, Differential; Gamma Rays; Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Liver; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Scintillation Counting; Spleen; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid

Topics: Bone Marrow; Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Indium; Indium Radioisotopes; Radionuclide Imaging; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid

Topics: Bone Marrow; Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Lung; Mononuclear Phagocyte System; Radionuclide Imaging; Sulfur; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid