*GALLIUM IMAGING INTERPRETATION* 1. FOCAL UPTAKE -ABSCESS -ARTHRITIS -BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA -CELLULITIS -INTESTINAL ACTIVITY-NORMAL -LYMPHOMA-HODGKIN'S AND NON HODGKIN'S -OSTEOMYELITIS -OTHER MALIGNANT TUMORS -PHYSIOLOGIC BREAST ACTIVITY -PNEUMONIA -PYELONEPHRITIS -SARCOIDOSIS -SURGICAL WOUND OR SCAR -THYMUS IN CHILDREN -TUBERCULOSIS 2. SKIN UPTAKE -INFECTION -SURGICAL SCAR OR WOUND 3. SALIVARY GLAND UPTAKE -NODAL UPTAKE IN HODGKIN'S SIMULATING PAROTID UPTAKE -PREVIOUS HEAD AND NECK IRRADIATION -SARCOIDOSIS -SJOGRENS SYNDROME 4.DIFFUSE RENAL UPTAKE (UNILATERAL OR BILATERAL) -ABSCESS (ESP. PERINEPHRIC) -NORMAL -PYELONEPHRITIS -RECENT TRANSPLANT 5. BILATERAL DIFFUSE RENAL UPTAKE -ACUTE RENAL FAILURE -ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS -AMYLOIDOSIS -ANY CAUSE OF VASCULITIS -BILATERAL CARCINOMA (PRIMARY OR METASTATIC) -BILATERAL OBSTRUCTION -CHEMOTHERAPY -INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS -LEUKEMIA -LYMPHOMA -METASTASES -NEPHROTIC SYNDROME -NORMAL -PYELONEPHRITIS -SATURATED IRON BINDING -SEVERE HEPATOCELLULAR DISEASE -TUBERCULOSIS -URETEROSIGMOIDOSTOMY -WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS 6. FOCAL BILATERAL RENAL UPTAKE -LEUKEMIA -LYMPHOMA -METASTASES (MELANOMA) -NEPHROLITHIASIS -TUBERCULOSIS 7. FOCAL UNILATERAL RENAL UPTAKE -ABSCESS (RENAL OR PERINEPHRIC) 8. MYOCARDIAL UPTAKE -ABSCESS -AMYLOIDOSIS -BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS -HYPERSENSITIVITY ANGIITIS -IDIOPATHIC CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY -KAWASAKI'S DISEASE -METASTASES (E.G., ANGIOSARCOMA, LUNG LYMPHOMA, MELANOMA) -MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION -MYOCARDITIS -PERICARDITIS (E.G., MIXED BACTERIAL, HISTOPLASMOSIS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, TUBERCULOSIS) -POSTPERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME -SARCOIDOSIS -SYPHILIS 9. SYMMETRICAL BREAST UPTAKE -DRUGS -HORMONE THERAPY -MENARCHE -POSTABORTION -POSTPARTUM -PREGNANCY 10. ASYMMETRICAL BREAST UPTAKE -ABSCESS -BREASTFEEDING -CARCINOMA -CYSTOSARCOMA PHLLOIDES -FIBROADENOMA -GRANULOMA -HEMATOMA 11. FOCAL LIVER UPTAKE -ABSCESS (PYOGENIC OR AMEBIC) -HEPATOMA -METASTASES 12. DIFFUSE INCREASED OSSEOUS UPTAKE -BLOOD TRANSFUSION (IRON OVERLOAD) -CHEMOTHERAPY -CHRONIC ANEMIA-ANY CAUSE -HYPERPARATHYROIDISM -LEUKEMIA -MASTOCYTOSIS -PEDIATRIC PATIENT -RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL -TUMOR (PROSTATE, BREAST) 13. DECREASED HEPATIC UPTAKE -CHEMOTHERAPY -BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS (IRON OVERLOAD) 14. DIFFUSE THYROID UPTAKE -SARCOIDOSIS -THYROIDITIS-SUBACUTE AND CHRONIC 15. FOCAL THYROID UPTAKE -LEIOMYOSARCOMA -LYMPHOMA -METASTASES -PARATHYROID ADENOMA -THYROID CARCINOMA -THYROIDITIS 16. LIVER RIM SIGN -ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS -AMEBIC ABSCESS -NECROTIC LIVER CELL METASTASIS -PRIMARY LIVER CELL CARCINOMA -PYOGENIC ABSCESS 17.RING SIGN OUTSIDE OF LIVER -ABSCESS -INFECTED PANCREATITIC PSEUDOCYST -INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE -PERINEPHRIC ABSCESS -RADIATION ENTERITIS -SPLENIC AND PERISPLENIC ABSCESS 18. DIFFUSE ABDOMINAL UPTAKE -INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE -NORMAL BOWEL UPTAKE -PERITONITIS (BACTERIAL, STARCH) 19.DIFFUSE GALLIUM UPTAKE -BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA -DRUG REACTION (E.G., BUSULFAN, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, AMIODARONE) -EARLY IMAGING-24 HOURS -FOLLOWING LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY -MALIGNANT PROCESS (E.G., LYMPHOMA, LUNG, BREAST, COLON, OTHER CARCINOMAS) -PNEUMOCONIOSIS (E.G., SILICOSIS, ASBESTOSIS) -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII -TUBERCULOSIS 22.GALLIUM UPTAKE WITH A NORMAL CHEST RADIOGRAPH -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII INFECTION -SUBRADIOGRAPHIC INTERSTITIAL INFLAMMATORY REACTION -SUBRADIOGRAGHIC MALIGNANT PROCESS (E.G., LYMPHOMA, CARCINOMA) 21.DIFFUSE PULMONARY UPTAKE OF GALLIUM IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT -BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA (INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) -BRONCHITIS -DRUG TOXICITY -LEUKEMIA -HISTIOCYTOSIS X -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII -RADIATION 22.POSITIVE CHEST X-RAY WITHOUT GALLIUM UPTAKE -FIBROSIS -NON-GA-67-AVID PRIMARY OR METASTATIC TUMOR 23.SYMMETRICAL FOCAL GALLIUM UPTAKE IN CHEST -ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA -BREAST (PHYSIOLOGIC) -BRONCHIECTASIS -IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS -PNEUMOCONIOSIS -SCLERODERMA 24.SYMMETRICAL FOCAL GALLIUM UPTAKE IN CHEST -ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA -BREAST (PHYSIOLOGIC) -BRONCHIECTASIS -IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS -PNEUMOCONIOSIS -SCLERODERMA 25.DIFFUSE GALLIUM UPTAKE -BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA -DRUG REACTION (E.G., BUSULFAN, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, AMIODARONE) -EARLY IMAGING-24 HOURS -FOLLOWING LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY -MALIGNANT PROCESS (E.G., LYMPHOMA, LUNG, BREAST, COLON, OTHER CARCINOMAS) -PNEUMOCONIOSIS (E.G., SILICOSIS, ASBESTOSIS) -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII -TUBERCULOSIS 26.DIFFUSE PULMONARY UPTAKE OF GALLIUM IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT -BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA (INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) -BRONCHITIS -DRUG TOXICITY -LEUKEMIA -HISTIOCYTOSIS X -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII -RADIATION 27.GALLIUM UPTAKE WITH A NORMAL CHEST RADIOGRAPH -PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII INFECTION -SUBRADIOGRAPHIC INTERSTITIAL INFLAMMATORY REACTION -SUBRADIOGRAGHIC MALIGNANT PROCESS (E.G., LYMPHOMA, CARCINOMA) 28.POSITIVE CHEST X-RAY WITHOUT GALLIUM UPTAKE -FIBROSIS -NON-GA-67-AVID PRIMARY OR METASTATIC TUMOR GALLIUM AND SULFUR COLLOID LIVER IMAGING 1. DISPARATE RESULTS -ABSCESS-AMEBIC -ABSCESS-PYOGENIC -HEPATOMA -SOME METASTASES (E.G., HODGKIN'S MELANOMA) 2. MATCHED RESULTS -CYSTS -FIBROSIS -MOST BENIGN TUMORS -OCCASIONAL METASTASES *TUMOR-USEFUL TIPS* *INDIUM LEUKOCYTE-USEFUL TIPS* *MIBG-USEFUL TIPS* *INDIUM LEUKOCYTE IMAGING INTERPRETATION* * TUMOR (TUMOR . INFECTION ) SCANS* |