Absence of Gallium-67 Avidity in Diffuse Pulmonary Calcification

Diffuse pulmonary uptake by bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals has been reported previously but, in the same patient, would pulmonary uptake of Ga-67 citrate yield clinically meaningful results? A patient with hypercalcemia and renal failure in whom bone scintigraphy demonstrated striking diffuse bil...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1985-09, Vol.10 (9), p.632-634
Main Authors: LECKLITNER, MYRON L, FOSTER, RICHARD W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - etiology
Female
Gallium Radioisotopes
Humans
Hypercalcemia - etiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases - etiology
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Radionuclide Imaging
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
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Summary:Diffuse pulmonary uptake by bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals has been reported previously but, in the same patient, would pulmonary uptake of Ga-67 citrate yield clinically meaningful results? A patient with hypercalcemia and renal failure in whom bone scintigraphy demonstrated striking diffuse bilateral pulmonary uptake, but subsequent gallium imaging demonstrated no evidence of pulmonary uptake greater than body background, is discussed. We conclude that pulmonary uptake of gallium cannot be attributed to calcium deposition and should carry the same clinical significance in regard to inflammatory and malignant lesions as would be assigned to patients without pulmonary calcific deposits.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198509000-00006