Gallium 67 uptake in thymic rebound.
We have reported a case of localized thymic enlargement and uptake of gallium 67 in a child who had received antineoplastic chemotherapy. The enlarged thymus showed normal histology, a picture consistent with thymic rebound after nonspecific stress. This case further demonstrates the need to consider thymic rebound as a cause of gallium 67 uptake in children with neoplastic diseases.
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville.
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013934:Thymectomy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes