Gallium-67 citrate imaging in Hodgkin's disease: final report of cooperative group. 1977

G S Johnston, and M F Go, and R S Benua, and S M Larson, and G A Andrews, and K F Hubner

A large cooperative study of Ga-67 uptake in Hodgkin's disease showed that 88% of untreated patients had a positive uptake in one or more lesions. The percent of individual lesions seen on scan, however, was significantly lower; this indicated that negative findings at any one site do not argue strongly against the possiblilty of a lesion there. After treatment, the number of visualized lesions decreased sharply, but the exact role of Ga-67 in evaluating therapy is still not clear. Of the various histologic types of Hodgkin's disease, there was a high incidence of localization in all except the lymphocyte-predominance type, which showed a slightly lower uptake. No lesions less than 1 cm in diameter were successfully imaged and the size most easily detected was 4 cm in diameter. As expected, the imaging technique was much less successful for abdominal lesions than for those at other sites because of interfering concentration in bowel and liver. Both radiotherpy and chemotherapy tend to reverse the abnormalities seen on scan. The finding of a significant number of unsuspected positive lesions in asymptomatic patients returning for routine followup suggests that this is a distinctly valuable use of Ga-67, allowing early therpy for recurrences.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009364 Neoplasm Recurrence, Local The local recurrence of a neoplasm following treatment. It arises from microscopic cells of the original neoplasm that have escaped therapeutic intervention and later become clinically visible at the original site. Local Neoplasm Recurrence,Local Neoplasm Recurrences,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrence,Neoplasm Recurrence, Locoregional,Neoplasm Recurrences, Local,Recurrence, Local Neoplasm,Recurrence, Locoregional Neoplasm,Recurrences, Local Neoplasm,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrences,Neoplasm Recurrences, Locoregional,Recurrences, Locoregional Neoplasm
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
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
D006689 Hodgkin Disease A malignant disease characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and general lymphoid tissue. In the classical variant, giant usually multinucleate Hodgkin's and REED-STERNBERG CELLS are present; in the nodular lymphocyte predominant variant, lymphocytic and histiocytic cells are seen. Granuloma, Hodgkin,Granuloma, Malignant,Hodgkin Lymphoma,Lymphogranuloma, Malignant,Granuloma, Hodgkin's,Granuloma, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult,Hodgkin's Disease,Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Hodgkins Disease,Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphocyte-Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma,Disease, Hodgkin,Disease, Hodgkin's,Disease, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Granuloma,Hodgkin's Granuloma,Hodgkins Granuloma,Hodgkins Lymphoma,Lymphocyte Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphogranulomas, Malignant,Lymphoma, Hodgkin,Lymphoma, Hodgkin's,Malignant Granuloma,Malignant Granulomas,Malignant Lymphogranuloma,Malignant Lymphogranulomas,Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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