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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of nuclear medicine 1996-05, Vol.10 (2), p.257-259
Hauptverfasser:	Ohta, H, Komibuchi, T, Oe, S, Hanafusa, T, Ukikusa, M, Awane, H, Shintaku, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - complications Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging Aged Appendix Cecal Diseases - complications Cecal Diseases - diagnostic imaging Cecal Diseases - pathology Coronary Artery Bypass Coronary Disease - complications Coronary Disease - surgery Female Gallium Radioisotopes - pharmacokinetics Humans Mucocele - complications Mucocele - diagnostic imaging Mucocele - pathology Radionuclide Imaging Sigmoid Neoplasms - complications Sigmoid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0914-7187