INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION
Leukocytes Scintigraphy
Indications:
The procedure clinical indication include, but not limited to:
Musculoskeletal infections: joint space infections, osteomyelitis superimposed on existing bone pathology, osteomyelitis in diabetic patients, painful joint prostheses.
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
Localisation of an unknown source of sepsis
Inflammatory bowel disease.
Post operative infection - suspected abscess
Patient preparation:No special preparation is required of a patient prior to arrival in the nuclear medicine facility.