Gallium uptake in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis.
In a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, a rare familial sterol storage disease, increased uptake of gallium-67 was observed in the tendon xanthomas. This is considered to have resulted from the tumour-like proliferation of histiocytic cells in the xanthomas. Abnormalities in the white matter of the cerebellum and the brain stem observed by X-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were not detected by 67Ga scintigraphy, possibly due to the small size of the CNS lesions.
Okada
J
J
Department of Radiology, Narita Red Cross Hospital, Chiba-Ken, Japan.
Oonishi
H
H
Tamada
H
H
Kizaki
T
T
Yasumi
K
K
Matuo
T
T
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013710:Tendons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes