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Are Oral Cathartics of Value in Optimizing the Gallium Scan? Concise Communication

E. L. Saenger Radioisotope Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio

Correspondence: For reprints contact: E. B. Silberstein, MD, E. L. Saenger Radioisotope Lab., 234 Goodman St., Cincinnati, OH 45267.

ABSTRACT

The normal intestinal secretion of 9–15 % of an administered dose of gallium-67 may prevent early detection of intra-abdominal disease. We randomized 50 patients to receive either no bowel preparation or 30 cc of milk of magnesia plus 5 cc of cascara. No significant difference was found between the two groups in frequency with which gallium interfered with readings or time to complete the study.