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Accumulation of67Ga citrate in early pregnancy

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A 26-year-old pregnant woman complained of chest pain and dyspnea and was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma of the mediastinum. To determine the stage of malignant lymphoma, tumor scintigraphy with67Ga citrate was performed.67Ga scintigraphy revealed an abnormal accumulation in the center of the pelvic cavity. An artificial abortion was performed, and the early pregnancy obtained from the abortion showed a prominent uptake of67Ga citrateex vivo.67Ga citrate reexamination, which was performed immediately after the abortion, showed no abnormal accumulation in the pelvic cavity. To our knowledge, this is the first medical report on an aborted tissue investigatedex vivo to determine whether it demonstrated increased uptake of67Ga citrate.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, 371-8511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Hiromasa Kurosaki, Yoshihiro Saito, Miho Kawashima, Takeshi Ebara, Michitaka Yamakawa & Norio Mitsuhashi

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Kurosaki, H., Saito, Y., Kawashima, M. et al. Accumulation of67Ga citrate in early pregnancy. Ann Nucl Med 15, 289–291 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987848

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