[Gastroduodenal uptakes in the scans with 67Ga of the HIV infected patients studied for un-affiliated fever].

UNLABELLED: This work aimed to assess the significance of abnormal gastroduodenal uptake in the 67Ga scintigraphy of HIV patients who have been studied for fever of unknown origin. The examinations of 12 patients who had had a normal panedoscopy when the 67Ga scan was done, were selected. One out of 7 patients without gastroduodenal 67Ga uptake was diagnosed of non-specific gastritis. Five patients had abnormal gastroduodenal involvement in the 67Ga scan. One of them was diagnosed of high grade lymphoma. The other 4 patients were diagnosed of mycobacteriosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Although controversy exists in the literature, the current study shows a high correlation between abnormal gastroduodenal uptake in the 67GA scan of HIV (+) patients and the presence of gastroduodenal disease.