Gallium Scintigraphy Demonstration of an Appendiceal Mucocele: A Proposed Mechanism of Uptake

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Abstract
An appendiceal mucocele [ in a 74 yr old man] demonstrated intense early avidity for Ga-67, despite the lack of inflammatory cells to account for the uptake. The acid mucopolysaccharide component of the mucus within the lumen and lining cells apparently accounted for the uptake of Ga, in a similar manner to the uptake of its analogue, the ferric ion, as demonstrated by intense staining of mucus by the colloidal Fe technique.

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