Gallium-67 scintigraphy in borderline lepromatous leprosy.
A middle aged woman with a pyrexia of unknown origin was shown to have borderline lepromatous leprosy. Early gallium-67 scintigraphy demonstrated increased uptake in the subcutaneous tissues of the face and thighs. As a result of these findings skin biopsy was obtained from the right thigh which gave a diagnosis of borderline lepromatous leprosy. The authors have been unable to find other reports of gallium-67 scintigraphy in leprosy but the pattern of gallium-67 distribution should suggest the diagnosis.
Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia.
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B
Mouratidis
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Lomas
D000328:Adult; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013848:Thigh
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes