Intense Ga-67 uptake in adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas.
Gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67) scintigraphy was performed in a patient with adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. Intense and homogeneous uptake was observed in the tumor. Few reports have dealt with Ga-67 findings in pancreatic cancers. Ga-67 uptake in the tumor was assumed to be due to accumulation in the component of squamous cell carcinoma. This case suggested that Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy may be useful in detecting adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. To our knowledge, no report has described findings of Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy of adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. Radiologists should remember adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas when encountering such scintigraphic findings.
Kuji
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I
Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Sumiya
H
H
Taki
J
J
Nakajima
K
K
Yokoyama
K
K
Kinuya
S
S
Kinuya
K
K
Ichikawa
A
A
Konishi
S
S
Michigishi
T
T
Tonami
N
N
D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002951:Citrates; D005708:Gallium; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005708:Gallium; C103850:gallium citrate