Pulmonary gallium concentration in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Accumulation of radioactive gallium-67 citrate was observed in the lungs of a patient with postoperative adult respiratory distress syndrome. We believe that the primary mechanism of uptake of gallium is related to interstitial inflammation and repair of pulmonary tissue, rather than to a nonspecific increased alveolocapillary permeability to gallium.
D001706:Biopsy; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes