Search Results gallium scan
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The role of the gallium scan in primary extranodal lymphoma
...examine the factors influencing gallium scan positivity for patients with primary...and to examine the role of the gallium scan in staging the disease and assessing...with extranodal lymphoma who had a gallium scan were reviewed. The influences of...
January 1, 1998; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Gallium Scan
Gallium scan Definition A gallium scan of the body is a nuclear medicine test that is conducted using...Aftercare There is generally no aftercare required following a gallium scan. However, women who are breastfeeding who have a scan will be...
January 1, 2002; Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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Delayed positive thallium uptake in large B-cell non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma
...lymphadenopathy. A sequential thallium and gallium scan to specify the nature of the mediastinal...showed intense thallium uptake. A gallium scan perfomed 48 hr later also showed...uptake of thallium. A subsequent gallium scan 48 hr later showed intense gallium...
August 1, 1997; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Giant cell arteritis manifesting as chronic cough and fever of unknown origin
...cultures, chest roentgenograms, a gallium scan, and computed tomographic scans...cultures, chest roentgenograms, a gallium scan, and computed tomographic scans...Findings on chest roentgenograms, a gallium scan, and computed tomographic scans...
November 1, 1997; Mayo Clinic Proceedings
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Primary adrenal lymphoma: Gallium scintigraphy and correlative imaging
...non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A whole-body gallium scan was performed that demonstrated...chemotherapy, a follow-up CT and gallium scan, 3 mo after presentation, showed...in the left adrenal gland, and a gallium scan showed no uptake. Follow-up at...
November 1, 1997; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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A Poker Player's Guide To Beating Cancer: When I got sick, it was what I learned from the game that sustained me: it takes faith to trust the odds.
...to say I didn't pray. When I had to get a diagnostic gallium scan of my body, lying perfectly still in a tube for three...putting on his poker face to tell me that the latest gallium-scan results look good. Even though I want him to celebrate...
January 19, 2004; Newsweek
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STATE-OF-THE-ART GAMMA CAMERA ADDED TO DREYER NUCLEAR DEPARTMENT
...available at Dreyer and accelerated the speed of results. One of the new procedures available with the new camera is a Gallium Scan for tumor staging and metastatic disease. Because the new Gamma camera has two "heads," scanning time has been cut in...
September 16, 1999; Sun Publications (IL)
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HCFA expands Medicare coverage of PET
...carcinoembyronic antigen (CEA); staging and characterization of both Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphoma in place of a gallium scan or lymphangiogram; and identification of metastases in melanoma recurrence in place of gallium studies. In its press...
May 1, 1999; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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HCFA expands PET coverage
...carcinoembryonic antigen known as CEA; (b) staging and characterization ofboth Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphoma in place of a gallium scan or lymphangiogram; and (c) identification of metastases in melanoma recurrence in place of gallium studies. HCFA's January...
June 1, 1999; Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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(67)Ga scintigraphy in infection after colorectal surgery
...interpretation was based on gallium uptake intensity alone, the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the gallium scan were 100%, 75%, and 84%, respectively. When interpretation was based on gallium-uptake intensity and pattern, the diagnostic...
August 1, 2002; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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