Residual mass and negative gallium scintigraphy in treated lymphoma

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA)

OSTI ID:6920981

Israel, O; Front, D; Epelbaum, R; Ben-Haim, S; Jerushalmi, J; Kleinhaus, U; Even-Sapir, E; Robinson, E ^[1]

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1. Rambam Medical Center, Haifa (Israel)

Two patients with treated lymphoma demonstrated a residual mass on CT following treatment. In both cases gallium-67 ({sup 67}Ga) scintigraphy demonstrated increased uptake in the original tumor mass and no uptake in the mass after treatment. In both cases the entire residual tumor mass was resected and found to contain no cancer tissue. This is further evidence of the role {sup 67}Ga scintigraphy may play in monitoring response of lymphoma patients to treatment. In contrast, other imaging modalities such as ultrasound, plain film x-rays, or CT only show the presence of a mass but not its nature.

• OSTI ID: 6920981
• Journal Information: Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA) Vol. 31:3; ISSN 0161-5505; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACCURACY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LYMPHOMAS
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
UPTAKE