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Radiology, Vol 144, 895-899, Copyright © 1982 by Radiological Society of North America

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Gallium 67 citrate scanning and serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels in sarcoidosis

RG Gupta, C Bekerman, L Sicilian, S Oparil, SM Pinsky and JP Szidon

Gallium 67 citrate scans and serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) levels were obtained in 54 patients with sarcoidosis and analyzed in relation to clinical manifestations. 67Ga scans were abnormal in 97% of patients with clinically active disease (n = 30) and in 71% of patients with inactive disease (n = 24). Serum ACE levels were abnormally high (2 standard deviations above the control mean) in 73% of patients with clinically active disease and in 54% of patients with inactive disease. Serum ACE levels correlated significantly with 67Ga uptake score (r =.436; p less than .005). The frequency of abnormal 67Ga scans and elevated serum ACE levels suggests that inflammatory activity with little or no clinical expression is common in sarcoidosis. Abnormal 67Ga scans were highly sensitive (97%) but had poor specificity (29%) to clinical disease activity. The accuracy of negative prediction of clinical activity by normal scans (87%) was better than the accuracy of positive prediction of clinical activity by abnormal scans (63%). 67Ga scans can be used to support the clinical identification of inactive sarcoidosis.


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