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. 1981 Mar 28;282(6269):1020–1022. doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6269.1020

Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis using autologous indium-III-labelled platelets.

A Fenech, J K Hussey, F W Smith, P P Dendy, B Bennett, A S Douglas
PMCID: PMC1504914  PMID: 6783228

Abstract

Forty-eight patients who had undergone surgical reduction of a fractured neck of femur or in whom deep vein thrombosis was suspected clinically were studied by ascending phlebography and imaging after injection of autologous indium-111-labelled platelets to assess the accuracy and value of the radioisotopic technique in diagnosing deep vein thrombosis. Imaging was performed with a wide-field gammacamera linked with data display facilities. Phlebography showed thrombi in 26 out of 54 limbs examined and a thrombus in the inferior vena cava of one patient; imaging the labelled platelets showed the thrombi in 24 of the 26 limbs and the thrombus in the inferior vena cava. The accumulation of indium-111 at sites corresponding to those at which venous thrombi have been shown phlebographically indicates that this radioisotopic technique is a useful addition to methods already available for the detection of deep vein thrombosis.

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