Pelvic inflammatory disease with TC-99m ciprofloxacin imaging

초록

Background : The clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease is inexact. There are multiple potential symptoms and signs ascribable to pelvic inflammatory disease as predicted by areas of inflammatory involvement. No symptoms or signs are pathognomonic for pelvic inflammatory disease. The authors describe SPECT images of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease that were obtained using a Tc-99m labeled antibiotic, ciprofloxacin. Those of the patients with pelvic inflammatory disease showed foci of significanly increased uptake in the regions corresponding to the areas of clinical symptoms Conclusion: This nuclear imaging technique is considered valuable in persons with symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease in whom diagnosis is diffcult