The role of nuclear medicine in the investigation of patients with AIDS

E M Prvulovich; J R Buscombe; R F Miller

The role of nuclear medicine in the investigation of patients with AIDS

Br J Hosp Med. 1996 May;55(9):549-53.

Authors

E M Prvulovich¹, J R Buscombe, R F Miller

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital.

PMID: 8735029

Abstract

HIV-positive patients are susceptible to both opportunistic infection and malignant disease. Radionuclide techniques can help in the detection of the occult infection and in the differentiation between infection and tumour.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Diseases / complications
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever / complications
Fever / diagnostic imaging
HIV Seropositivity / complications*
HIV Seropositivity / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Radionuclide Imaging