title: Gallium-67-citrate scanning in patients with sarcoid uveitis.
abstract: Gallium-67-citrate is useful for characterizing activity in patients with sarcoidosis. Gallium-67 uptake in bilateral symmetrical hilar lymphadenopathy and/or symmetrical salivary glands is typical of this clinical entity. Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease, and uveitis is considered the hallmark of ophthalmic sarcoidosis. We present two cases of ophthalmic sarcoidosis that shows uveal accumulation of 67Ga-citrate associated with clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichijo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D005708:Gallium; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015866:Uveitis, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid; D005708:Gallium