2006-09-05 18:32:00 · 4 answers · asked by sam 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Many years ago I did the pathology follow up when Dr. Wagner's nuclear medicine group was testing to see if the galium scan detected liver tumors.
They thought it did, but my results showed them that it detected only those liver tumors that were associated with inflammatory cells (white blood cells, Leukocytes, etc). I wasn't on the paper.
Your question got me interested so I looked at the link someone kindly posted before me. Sure enough, a galium scan is used to find areas of inflammation or leukocyte infiltration that might be outside of where accumulations of white blood cells normally are.
Therefore, it can be used to find areas of infection, chronic inflammation or lymphoma/leukemia infiltrates that might not be found otherwise.
2006-09-06 04:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by Art 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gallium scan is a nuclear medicine test that uses a special camera to take pictures of specific tissues in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or radioisotope) makes them visible.
You can find the info on line... check out the source where I found the info....Good Luck...
2006-09-05 18:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by tinytinker79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scans your galium...hahahaha
2006-09-05 18:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003450.htm
2006-09-05 18:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋