Abstract
The validity of111In granulocyte scanning and fecal excretion measurement, as a reflection of loss of cells into the gastrointestinal tract, was studied using an autoradiographic technique in 11 patients in whom111In granulocyte scan and colonoscopy were carried out simultaneously.111In granulocytes were injected 1.5–4 hr prior to colonoscopy, and intraluminal fluid, mucosal brushings, and colonic biopsies were collected during the colonoscopy. In two patients with no histological evidence of inflammatory bowel disease, and four patients with clinically and histologically inactive inflammatory bowel disease, no111Indium was detected in fluid, brushing, or biopsies. In five patients with active disease, 85% of the111In activity in colonic fluid was precipitated by low-speed centrifugation. Autoradiography confirmed that the label remained attached to whole granulocytes in colonic fluid and mucosal brushings. Studies on biopsies, at intervals up to 4 1/2 hr following labeled granulocyte injection, demonstrated labeled polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) on the inflamed epithelial surface, with occasional cells in crypt abscesses by 110 min. We conclude that the techniques of111In granulocyte scanning and fecal counting in patients with IBD are specifically measuring cell loss: labeled PMNs are capable of migrating through the gastrointestinal mucosa, in active disease, within 2 hr of administration.
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Keshavarzian, A., Price, Y.E., Peters, A.M. et al. Specificity of indium-111 granulocyte scanning and fecal excretion measurement in inflammatory bowel disease—an autoradiographic study. Digest Dis Sci 30, 1156–1160 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314050
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