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9440841

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-six consecutive symptomatic patients with AIDS referred for gallium scintigraphy were prospectively studied with chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Results of gallium and HRCT were correlated with findings of bronchoscopy or clinical follow-up for 1 month from time of discharge. Twenty-two patients were eventually diagnosed with at least one of the following: Pneumocystis carinii, cytomegalovirus, Mycobacterium avium complex, bacteria, Kaposi's sarcoma, or lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis. HRCT was more sensitive (82%) and more specific (91%) than gallium (59% and 75%, respectively). HRCT yielded higher positive predictive values (86%) and negative predictive values (88%) than did gallium (62% and 73%, respectively). HRCT was more helpful in guiding the method of biopsy and directing the brochoscopist to the diseased lung segment that would maximize diagnostic yield.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0883-5993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary high-resolution computed tomography versus gallium scintigraphy: diagnostic utility in the diagnosis of patients with AIDS who have chest symptoms and normal or equivocal chest radiographs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago 60657, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study