• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1990

    Diagnosis of bone and joint infection by leucocyte scintigraphy. A comparative study with 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes, 99mTc-labelled antigranulocyte antibodies and 99mTc-labelled nanocolloid.

    • W Rüther, A Hotze, F Möller, A Bockisch, P Heitzmann, and H J Biersack.
    • Orthopedic Department, University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1990 Jan 1; 110 (1): 26-32.

    AbstractFifty-five patients with 60 suspected infections of bones or joints were studied with 99mTc-hexamethylpropyleneaminooxine- (HMPAO-) labelled leucocytes and 99mTc-labelled antigranulocyte antibodies, in part supplemented with 99mTc-labelled nanocolloid. The findings using the different procedures were in good agreement. Apart from in vertebral lesions, a negative scan--even if the radionuclide bone scan is positive--excludes an infection with high probability (sensitivity 94%). The low specificity (57%) is due to positive imaging of various non-infected lesions. Spondylitis usually shows as non-specific cold lesions. A subtraction technique with computer assisted analysis of HMPAO and nanocolloid scans provides a more precise diagnosis of this condition.

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