title: Intense Ga-67 uptake in adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kuji
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumiya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinuya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinuya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michigishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tonami
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005708:Gallium; C103850:gallium citrate