Ga-67 Citrate and Tc-99m MDP Uptake in the Lung and Stomach Associated with Hypercalcemia.
- Author:
Myung Hee SOHN
1
;
Seok Tae LIM
;
Young Jin JEONG
;
Dong Wook KIM
;
Hwan Jeong JEONG
;
Chang Yeol YIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Korea. mhsohn@chonbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hypercalcemia;
primitive neuroectodermal tumor;
Tc-99m MDP;
Ga-67 citrate;
bone scintigraphy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bone Marrow Examination;
Citrates;
Citric Acid;
Gallium;
Humans;
Hypercalcemia;
Lung;
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive;
Stomach;
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009;43(4):366-367
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ga-67 scintigraphy demonstrated increased uptake in the lungs and stomach in a 26-year-old man with hypercalcemia. A primitive neuroectodermal tumor was confirmed by bone marrow examination. Tc-99m MDP uptake in the same locations as Ga-67 revealed by bone scintigraphy was consistent with metastatic calcification. Although the mechanism of Ga-67 uptake in metastatic calcification is not understood, the presence of an inflammatory process is suggested.
