Gallium bone scan in myelofibrosis: case report.
When gallium is injected into a patient who has received many transfusions, the resultant scan appears similar to a bone scan with renal excretion. This case report presents a 51-year-old man with myelofibrosis and myeloid metaplasia. Gullium-67 and 52Fe scans with 99mTc-pyrophosphate bone scintigrams are included.
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D005708:Gallium / Q000378:metabolism; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007504:Iron Radioisotopes; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D007504:Iron Radioisotopes; D005708:Gallium