title: Incidental 67Ga uptake into an appendiceal mucocele in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer.
abstract: We report a case of sigmoid colon cancer in which visualization of an appendiceal mucocele was unexpectedly found during 67Ga scintigraphy, and discuss a proposed mechanism of uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratories, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komibuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanafusa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ukikusa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Awane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shintaku
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes