The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Accumulation of Ga-67 in Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules from a Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum

직장의 중등도 분화성 선암으로부터 전이된 폐결절에서의 Ga-67 섭취

  • Lim, Seok-Tae (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Sohn, Myung-Hee (Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • 임석태 (전북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 손명희 (전북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실)
  • Published : 2002.04.30
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Abstract

A 67-year-old woman who had undergone anterior resection for a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum and wedge resection for liver metastasis presented with hematogenous lung metastasis. Metastatic pulmonary nodules in both lung fields were shown on plain chest radiograph and CT. Ga-67 SPECT images revealed accumulation of radioactivity corresponding to the pulmonary nodules. The authors present an unusual case of accumulation of Ga-67 in metastatic pulmonary nodules in a patient with a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum.

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