UCLA MEDICAL CENTER NUCLEAR MEDICINE REPORT

EXAMINATION:  GALLIUM IMAGES

DATE: 11/17/2005, 11/17/2005

TECHNIQUE:  Anterior and posterior images of the body were obtained from the mid chest to the upper thighs 24 and 48 hours following the intravenous injection of Gallium 67 Citrate.

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL DOSE: [6] mCi

CORRELATIVE STUDIES: None

COMPARISON: None

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with past medical history significant for [...], who is referred for evaluation of acute interstitial nephritis.

FINDINGS: 

Symmetrical tracer uptake is observed throughout the soft tissues of the body, the bone marrow compartment and the liver, along with a trace amount in the most of the large bowel, and the visualized skeletal structures. 

Both kidneys demonstrate mild homogeneous tracer uptake in both the 24 and 48 hour scans. 

No focal nodal uptake is observed in the abdomen and visualized pelvis.

IMPRESSION:

No evidence for acute interstitial nephritis is identified.

Abnormal study demonstrating persistent tracer uptake in the bilateral kidneys in the 48 hour delayed scan. This finding is consistent with interstitial nephritis.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist in the care of your patient.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.