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Prospective comparative study of technetium-99m-WBCs and indium-111-granulocytes for the examination of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

In a prospective comparative study of 14 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the abilities of 99mTc-HMPAO labeled white blood cells (WBCs) and 111In-granulocytes to assess the presence and location of active disease were compared. The two examinations were carried out within 2 wk of each other. Scintigraphically concordant positive or discordant segments were evaluated by radiologic or endoscopic examination performed within 14 days. When bowel segments were compared, concordance was found for 102/111 (91.8%) segments between 99mTc-WBC images obtained at 1 hr after injection and 3-hr 111In-granulocyte images. For five of five 99mTc-WBCs positive/111In-granulocyte negative segments, it could be proven that the 99mTc-WBC result was caused by active disease. For patients, 99mTc-WBC scintigraphy detected four more patients with active disease than 111In-granulocytes (11 and 7 patients, respectively). Technetium-WBCs was superior in the assessment of active disease, especially for small bowel segments. We conclude that early imaging 1 hr after the injection of 99mTc-WBCs can reliably replace 111In-granulocyte scintigraphy in IBD patients because the radiopharmaceutical is available on a daily basis. Thus, there is less radiation burden to the patient and cell separation is simpler and less time-consuming.

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