NUCLEAR-MEDICINE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

The actually available scintigraphic methods for localization of inflammatory diseases were presented. The clinical applications of these techniques (for surgery, intensive care, orthopedic surgery, internal medicine, ENT diseases, maxillofacial surgery, dermatology and pediatrics) were discussed as well as the results of MRI. There was a consensus that all these methods - when applied appropriately - can be essential for diagnosis of inflammation, frequently in conditions in which other diagnostic techniques fail to provide adequate information. Cardiac monitoring with a compact detector in patients with septicemia was presented also. Therapy of rheumatic arthritis by intraarticular application of radiocolloids (synoviorthesis) has maintained its value.