Incidental 67Ga uptake into an appendiceal mucocele in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer.
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.
Ohta
H
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Department of Laboratories, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Komibuchi
T
T
Oe
S
S
Hanafusa
T
T
Ukikusa
M
M
Awane
H
H
Shintaku
M
M
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
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes