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The inflammatory activity in 108 bowel segments of 40 patients with suspected or known inflammatory bowel disease was assessed macroscopically by endoscopy, histology and technetium-99m hexamethyl propylene amine oxine (99mTc-HMPAO) leucocytes using a numerical grading system (scores 0–3). A 4-h series of scintigrams showed a significant correlation with both histological and macroscopical assessment of disease activity (rho = 0.850, P<0.001 and rho = 0.773, P<0.001, respectively). Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of scintigraphy in detecting active inflammatory segments were 85%, 92% and 89%, respectively. A normal scintigram did not completely exclude mild inflammatory activity, especially in the rectosigmoid area. 99mTc-HMPAO leucocytes offer an accurate and non-invasive alternative for the assessment of disease activity in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
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Lantto, E., Järvi, K., Krekelä, I. et al. Technetium-99m hexamethyl propylene amine oxine leucocytes in the assessment of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Nucl Med 19, 14–18 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178302
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