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GALLIUM SCANNING IN SARCOIDOSIS
Author(s) -
Israel H. L.,
Park C. H.,
Mansfield C. M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb47063.x
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , gallium , medicine , dermatology , materials science , metallurgy
This study of 36 patients, 27 with sarcoidosis, confirms the avidity of mediastinal and pulmonary sarcoidosis for gallium-67. This procedure may prove useful in distinguishing enlarged hilar vessels from lymph nodes. Gallium scanning proved unsuccessful, however, in detection of clinically important extrathoracic sarcoidosis and appears to have limited applicability in the diagnosis of thoracic sarcoidosis.