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Búsqueda radiactiva de abscesos - Results

Nombres alternativos

Gammagrafía de abscesos con sustancias radiactivas; Rastreo de abscesos

Valores normales:

Los hallazgos normales mostrarían que no hay agrupación anormal de glóbulos blancos.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Una agrupación de glóbulos blancos por fuera de las áreas normales es un signo ya sea de un absceso u otro tipo de proceso inflamatorio.

Algunos tipos de abscesos son:

Reviewed last on: 11/21/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Segerman D, Miles KA. Radionuclide imaging: general principles. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone;2008:chap 7.

Wilson DJ, Berendt AR. Bone and soft tissue infection. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone;2008:chap 51.

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