Gallium positivity in Hodgkin's disease
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British Journal of Haematology , 2000, 109, 257 IMAGES IN HAEMATOLOGY Gallium positivity in Hodgkin’s disease q 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd 257 A 30-year-old woman re-presented with alcohol-related chest pain 20 months after completing chemotherapy for stage IIB nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s disease. Clinical examination, CT scans and blood markers for inflammation were normal. Gallium scan demonstrated focal increased uptake in the chest, localized by tomographic views to the left hilium at the level of the sternal angle. Mini-thoracotomy confirmed histological relapse of Hodgkin’s disease Keith Patterson 1 Janshed Bomanji 2 Departments of 1 Haematology and 2 Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6AU, UK
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British Journal of Haematology, 2000, 109, 257
IMAGES IN HAEMATOLOGY
Gallium positivity in Hodgkin's disease
q 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd 257
A 30-year-old woman re-presented with alcohol-related chest pain 20 months after completingchemotherapy for stage IIB nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease. Clinical examination, CT scans andblood markers for inflammation were normal. Gallium scan demonstrated focal increased uptake in thechest, localized by tomographic views to the left hilium at the level of the sternal angle. Mini-thoracotomyconfirmed histological relapse of Hodgkin's disease
Keith Patterson1
Janshed Bomanji2Departments of 1Haematology and 2Nuclear Medicine,University College London Hospitals,London WC1E 6AU,UK
