OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between gallium-67 (67Ga) uptake and histological subtypes of Hodgkin's disease (HD) in paediatric patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Fifty-eight patients (45 males and 13 females aged 9.2 +/- 4 years, range 1.5-17 years) with histologically diagnosed HD underwent pretherapy 67Ga scanning on days 2, 5, 12 or 14 days after intravenous administration of 25-5...

The findings of 49 67Ga citrate scans were correlated with all clinical information obtained by other diagnostic modalities in untreated and treated patients with histopathologically proven Hodgkin's disease (539 sites). Eleven nodal and extranodal sites were analyzed in terms of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and, subsequently, by calculations of the posterior probability for the presence ...

A 24-year-old white male who had enjoyed excellent health in the past was admitted to the hospital complainingof intermittent sharp pains, of 3 wk duration, in the upper retrosternal and in terseapular areas. There was no history of cough, dyspnea, he moptysis,fever,weight loss,or previoushospitalizations.Physical examinationwasentirely withinnormal limits;in particular, there was no lymphadeno...

background: in addition to determining the exact tumor location and its geometric features, an increase of the effective tumor atomic number will enhances the chance in treating the tumoral cells under suitable radiation. in the present study, we assessed metrezoate-labeled gallium transmission in burkett lymphatic cells. materials and methods: human burkitt lymphatic cells were grown in cultur...