title: Salivary gland uptake of gallium-67 citrate after sialography.
abstract: Sialography may cause greatly increased Ga-67 activity within otherwise normal salivary glands. Five patients are presented in whom sialography with oily contrast material injected 8-26 days before Ga-67 imaging produced strongly positive examinations. In each patient it appears that sialography rather than pre-existing pathologic conditions accounted for the increased activity. Sialography-induced subclinical sialadenitis may be the mechanism for the phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motohashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012796:Sialography / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes