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Salivary Gland Uptake of ⁶⁷Ga-Citrate Following Radiation Therapy

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Carlos Bekerman, Dept. of Radiology, University of Chicago, 950 East 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

ABSTRACT

Radiogallium uptake in the salivary glands is strongly correlated with prior therapeutic radiation which includes the cervical region. Fifteen of 17 patients with increased salivary gland uptake had such a history. An easily identified characteristic pattern of symmetric localization of ⁶⁷Ga occurs in the parotid and submandibular regions in these patients. This pattern must not be mistaken for recurrent tumor in the cervical region.