Increased gallium-67 citrate uptake in the breast of a patient with gynecomastia
| Autor: | Takanobu Hirayama, Yasushi Nomura, Hisashi Ohtake, Masatoshi Ishibashi, Seiichiro Morita, Kazuhiro Funatsu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cirrhosis medicine.drug_class Citric Acid Serum prolactin Acinus Internal medicine medicine Humans Citrates Radionuclide Imaging skin and connective tissue diseases business.industry Child birth General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Prolactin medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Gynecomastia Estrogen Gallium 67 citrate business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | The Kurume Medical Journal. 37:37-39 |
| ISSN: | 1881-2090 0023-5679 |
| DOI: | 10.2739/kurumemedj.37.37 |
| Popis: | Although the accumulation of Ga-67 citrate in gynecomastia has been described, no researchers have reported that Ga-67 citrate accumulates in a "doughnut" pattern. Basically, gynecomastia is due to an increase of estrogens. Since estrogens accelerate the proliferation of lactiferous ducts in the center of breast, Ga-67 citrate may accumulate in it. On the hand, prolactin increases the proliferation of the glandular lobules and the acinus. When the serum prolactin increases after child birth or renal insufficiency, the image from the accumulation of Ga-67 citrate in the breast may have a "doughnut" pattern. A patient with gynecomastia had high levels estrogens because he was being treated with an estrogen medication. He was referred for liver cirrhosis. The results of the present report indicate that the "doughnut" pattern occurs in the margin of the hyperplasic glandular lobule. |
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