Breast uptake of Ga-67 in a neonate.
A 6-day-old baby boy showed concentration of Ga-67 citrate in both breasts and an abdominal neuroblastoma. The breast uptake was most likely caused by estrogen and prolactin production and passage from the maternal to the fetal circulation.
Firman
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia.
Howman-Giles
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D002951:Citrates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D019343:Citric Acid; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid