Primary malignant lymphoma of the central nervous system by Ga-67 and TI-201 brain SPECT.
Two patients with primary lymphoma of the central nervous system underwent both Ga-67 and TI-201 brain SPECT. Ga-67 scans showed remarkable accumulation of radiotracer corresponding to tumors detected by CT and MRI. More avid uptake was noted on the Ga-67 scans than on the TI-201 scans. In one patient, the intense tracer uptake had disappeared in the Ga-67 study performed after irradiation with 50 Gy. We are convinced that Ga-67 SPECT is useful for detecting and following the progress of primary lymphoma of the central nervous system.
Kosuda
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Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Japan.
Aoki
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S
Suzuki
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K
Nakamura
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H
Nakamura
O
O
Shidara
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N
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes