Ga-67 Citrate in Diagnosing Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Patient with AIDS Case Report

Chow, Caroline C.; Kotlyarov, Eduard V.; Fantry, George T.; Pichney, Lisa S.

doi:10.1097/00003072-199202000-00007

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“…Thoracic involvement is common in patients who have ARL. Primary pulmonary ARL is less frequent [13] In present study, 2 patients who had mixture of patterns on CT which included focal areas of consolidation, tree in bud pattern, ground glass opacity and lymphadenopathy and were proposed to have infective disease and patients could not be followed up. It was observed that five of the patients who had "normal" chest radiograph were found to have abnormalities on HRCT.…”

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CT in detection and diagnosis of thoracic conditions in symptomatic HIV patients

Hegde¹,

Chavadi²

2015

Int Jour of Biomed Res

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Thoracic manifestations of HIV positive patients have undergone a gradual metamorphosis due to more awareness about the disease and prolonged longevity of the patients due to better treatment options available now, therefore it is necessary for the radiologist to be aware of changing trends in disease prevalence, epidemiology and the possible pathology. Present study was conducted at Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. Twenty five seropositive patients (ELISA positive) showing signs/ symptoms like fever, cough, breathlessness, hemoptysis, dull note on percussion, lymphadenopathy etc are included in the study. CT sections of thorax were taken at 10mm intervals before and after intravenous contrast administration using spiral mode.We concluded that M. tuberculosis infection was the commonest opportunistic agent in HIV positive patients, however, community acquired bacterial pneumonia was the most frequent cause of pneumonia in HIV infected patients. We concluded that CT is the most important imaging modality used to evaluate chest in HIV positive patients. Contrast enhanced spiral CT is needed to adequately demonstrate lymphadenopathy and HRCT shows distinct advantage in terms of delineation of parenchymal changes.

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CT in detection and diagnosis of thoracic conditions in symptomatic HIV patients

Hegde¹,

Chavadi²

2015

Int Jour of Biomed Res

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“…Al-though the literature is full of multiple diagnostic modalities used by different workers in the past to arrive at the diagnosis (bubble test, methylene blue through tracheoscopy to delineate the fistula, saggital computed tomography scan), 8,9 the authors could find only one case report by Chow et al where H-type fistula was detected by bonchoscopic examination that was performed when 67-gallium citrate study showed increased mediastinal uptake. 10 In fact, this study was undertaken to pick up the inflammatory focus in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In this patient, though the tract was not delineated through this study, it prompted further investigations and diagnosis of H-type fistula was finally reached.…”

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Bronchoesophageal Fistula in a Neonate: Radionuclide Study as Diagnostic Modality

Kapoor

Ratan²,

Gathwala³

et al. 2003

Am J Perinatol

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A neonate with H-type fistula between esophagus and right bronchus is described. He presented with an uncommon symptom of hypersialosis. The fistula was missed both at cinesophagogram and endoscopy, the modalities currently held as investigations of choice for the diagnosis of this entity. Instead it was incidentally picked up by radionuclide study undertaken to rule out dyskinesia or gross gastroesophageal reflux, which demonstrated the tract unequivocally. To the best of our knowledge this modality has not been used earlier for this purpose. The authors feel that although persistence in attempts to demonstrate the tract preoperatively is important, radionuclide study can also be considered as a diagnostic tool in difficult cases.

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The diagnosis and treatment of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula

Karnak

Şenocak

Hiçsönmez

et al. 1997

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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Ga-67 Citrate in Diagnosing Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Patient with AIDS Case Report

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CT in detection and diagnosis of thoracic conditions in symptomatic HIV patients

CT in detection and diagnosis of thoracic conditions in symptomatic HIV patients

Bronchoesophageal Fistula in a Neonate: Radionuclide Study as Diagnostic Modality

The diagnosis and treatment of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula

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