Myositis Ossificans with Ga-67 Citrate Positivity

A 16-year-old boy presented with a firm mass within the left thigh. Ga-67 citrate and bone scintigraphy revealed soft tissue radiotracer accumulation within the mass lesion. Radiographs and xerography of the left thigh revealed calcification within the soft tissue mass typical of myositis ossificans...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) 1985-01, Vol.10 (1), p.40-41
Hauptverfasser:	MORENO, ALBERT J, YEDINAK, MICHAEL A, SPICER, MELVIN J, TURNBULL, GOTTLIEB L, BYRD, BILL F, BROWN, TOMMY J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics Adolescent ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES Biological and medical sciences BODY BODY AREAS CALCINOSIS CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS CITRATES COUNTING TECHNIQUES DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES GALLIUM 67 GALLIUM ISOTOPES Gallium Radioisotopes Humans INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI ISOTOPES LABELLED COMPOUNDS LEGS LIMBS Male MALES Medical sciences Myositis Ossificans - diagnostic imaging Neurology NUCLEI ODD-EVEN NUCLEI ORGANS PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING RADIOISOTOPES RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE Radionuclide Imaging SCINTISCANNING SKELETON
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Zusammenfassung:	A 16-year-old boy presented with a firm mass within the left thigh. Ga-67 citrate and bone scintigraphy revealed soft tissue radiotracer accumulation within the mass lesion. Radiographs and xerography of the left thigh revealed calcification within the soft tissue mass typical of myositis ossificans. The patientʼs clinical course was uneventful.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-198501000-00013