UCLA MEDICAL CENTER NUCLEAR MEDICINE REPORT

EXAMINATION:  GALLIUM IMAGES

DATE: 11/17/2005

TECHNIQUE: Anterior and posterior images of the body were obtained from the skull vertex to the upper thighs [...] hours following the intravenous injection of [10] millicuries of Gallium 67 Citrate.

CORRELATIVE STUDIES: None

COMPARISON: None

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with past medical history significant for [...], who is referred for evaluation of [...].

FINDINGS: 

Symmetrical tracer uptake is observed throughout the soft tissues of the body, the bone marrow compartment and the liver, along with a trace amount in the entire course of the large bowel.  No focal nodal uptake is observed in the pulmonary hilar, axillary, supraclavicular or inguinal nodal regions.

IMPRESSION:

No evidence for inflammation, infection or tumor by Gallium-67 study.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist in the care of your patient.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.