[Relation between uptake of 67Ga-citrate in salivary glands and irradiation doses]. 1993

T Yoshida, and T Akutsu, and A Komatani, and K Yamaguchi
Department of Radiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine.

A retrospective study is performed 67Ga-citrate uptake by scintigraphy to evaluate the relation between gallium uptake of salivary glands and radiotherapy with special reference to radiation dose and period after initial irradiation. Sixteen patients with radiotherapy to their head and neck regions were studied, undergone 67Ga scintigraphy for four times or more were investigated. The following results were obtained: 1. About half of the total number of salivary glands increased the uptake of 67Ga-citrate during radiotherapy. 2. The number of salivary glands which increased uptake in a group which received more than 30 Gy was greater than that in a group less than 30 Gy, and many of them remained with increased activity for one year after radiotherapy. 3. Uptake in glands that received dose less than 30 Gy showed rapid increasement initially, and showed decrease of uptake in six months after the irradiation. We concluded that there was different tendency of gallium uptake between a group of patient with irradiation of less than 30 Gy and that with irradiation of more than 30 Gy. It is suggested that we must always consider gallium uptake of salivary glands for long term after the radiotherapy, when we discuss the recurrence or metastases of neck lymph nodes of patients, who have performed radiotherapy to their head and neck regions, especially high dose irradiation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002951 Citrates Derivatives of CITRIC ACID.
D005260 Female Females
D005710 Gallium Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of gallium that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Ga atoms with atomic weights 63-68, 70 and 72-76 are radioactive gallium isotopes. Radioisotopes, Gallium
D006258 Head and Neck Neoplasms Soft tissue tumors or cancer arising from the mucosal surfaces of the LIP; oral cavity; PHARYNX; LARYNX; and cervical esophagus. Other sites included are the NOSE and PARANASAL SINUSES; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID GLAND and PARATHYROID GLANDS; and MELANOMA and non-melanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. (from Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 4th ed, p1651) Cancer of Head and Neck,Head Cancer,Head Neoplasm,Head and Neck Cancer,Head and Neck Neoplasm,Neck Cancer,Neck Neoplasm,Neck Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Upper Aerodigestive Tract,UADT Neoplasm,Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasm,Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms,Cancer of Head,Cancer of Neck,Cancer of the Head,Cancer of the Head and Neck,Cancer of the Neck,Head Neoplasms,Head, Neck Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Head,Neoplasms, Head and Neck,Neoplasms, Neck,UADT Neoplasms,Cancer, Head,Cancer, Neck,Cancers, Head,Cancers, Neck,Head Cancers,Neck Cancers,Neoplasm, Head,Neoplasm, Neck,Neoplasm, UADT,Neoplasms, UADT
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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