Gallium Uptake in a Paraplegic Patient with Bilateral Lower Extremity Fat Necrosis

A case of soft tissue gallium uptake in a paraplegic patient with biopsy-proven fat necrosis of both lower extremities is presented. Superficial bilateral lower extremity uptake has not been previously reported in the imaging literature, nor has fat necrosis in this unusual distribution been reporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 1989-12, Vol.14 (12), p.930-930
Hauptverfasser:	WOLPE, FRANCINE M, CHANDARLAPATY, S K C, JACOBI, JORGE D, WELLS, MARILYN, ROSENTHAL, STEPHEN
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Fat Necrosis - diagnostic imaging Gallium Radioisotopes Humans Leg - diagnostic imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Necrosis - diagnostic imaging Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurology Paraplegia - diagnostic imaging Radionuclide Imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of soft tissue gallium uptake in a paraplegic patient with biopsy-proven fat necrosis of both lower extremities is presented. Superficial bilateral lower extremity uptake has not been previously reported in the imaging literature, nor has fat necrosis in this unusual distribution been reported in the spinal cord population.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-198912000-00020