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Tumor imaging in children
Author(s) -
Edeling CarlJohan
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197608)38:2<921::aid-cncr2820380241>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , malignancy , radiology , medical diagnosis , nuclear medicine , cancer , pathology
Twenty‐six children suspected of having malignant diseases were examined by Gallium‐67 scintigraphy. The scintigrams were pathologic in the 20 children with final diagnoses of malignancy. The lesions visualized by scintigraphy were 12 primary tumors and eight cases of local recurrence or dissemination of cancer. Gallium‐67 did not accumulate in a hematoma of the liver, and scintigraphy was normal in five children with no clinical evidence of tumor recurrence. Several cases are reported and the clinical value of 67 Ga scintigraphy for detection and control of childhood neoplasms is emphasized.