Gallium imaging
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Overview
Gallium imaging is a nuclear medicine method for the detection of infections and cancers. Radioactive gallium-67 binds to transferrin, leukocyte lactoferrin, bacterial siderophores, and inflammatory proteins. It is also taken up by cancer cells in an increased amount. An increased uptake and, thus, increased radiation levels, indicates an infection or cancer.
Gallium imaging is becoming an obsolete technique, with indium leukocyte imaging and technetium antigranulocyte antibodies replacing it as a detection mechanism for infections. For detection of tumors, especially lymphoma, it is still in use, but is likely to be replaced by PET imaging in the future.
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
