Abstract
Olcothorax was largely used for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, before the advent of specific chemotherapy. Although the method was dis-continued more than 30 years ago, late complications do occur. We report here a case of a painful oleothorax that took up 99mTc-MDP and 67Ga-citrate.
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Groshar, D., Mahmud, S. & Zeligsohn, E. Bone and gallium scintigraphy of an oleothorax. Eur J Nucl Med 13, 478–479 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281864
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281864