Clinical Evaluation of Efficacy of ^99mTC -Ethambutol in Tubercular Lesion Imaging

Table 1

Clinical details of patients and result of ${}_{}{}^{99m}T$c-EMB scintigraphy.

Sex/Age	Clinical diagnosis	Site of lesion	Treatment history	Outcome
Male/40	Pulmonary TB	Lungs	Active pulmonary tuberculosis	True positive
Male/45	Pulmonary TB	Lungs	Active pulmonary tuberculosis	True positive
Male/50	Resistant pulmonary TB	Lungs	Active resistant pulmonary tuberculosis	True positive
Female/42	Resistant Pulmonary TB	Lungs	Active resistant pulmonary tuberculosis	True positive
Female/27	Bone TB	Spine	1. Old treated case of Pott’s spine; 2. local tenderness present	True negative
Male/43	Bone TB	Spine	Old treated case of Pott’s spine.	True negative
Male/30	Bone TB	Ankle	Tuberculosis of ankle	True positive
Female/36	Bone TB	Ankle	Tuberculosis of ankle, active on MRI clinically	True positive
Male/34	Bone TB	Spine	1. Carries retropharyngeal abscesses.; 2. MRI carries yellow marrow replacement in vertebral bodies.	True positive
Female/40	Bone TB	Ankle	Tuberculosis of ankle, positive in 4th metatarsal of the right foot.	True positive
Female/35	Bone TB	Lymph nodes in the neck	Tuberculosis in throat No ATT	True Positive
Male/32	Bone TB	Spine	A case of cervical TB	True positive
Male/51	Bone TB	Spine	A case of Pott’s spine with local tenderness	True positive
Female/12	Bone TB	Spine and Acetabulum	1. Active Pott’s spine; 2. Large psoas abscess; 3. Unsuspected pelvic infection later confirmed by MRI	True positive