Radiographic Exhibit: Unilateral Breast Uptake of⁶⁷Ga from Breast Feeding

Abstract

Unilateral 67Ga uptake was observed in the left breast of a 23-year-old woman who had nursed her infant on that side for 10 months. Careful clinical examination and follow-up failed to reveal any evidence of breast disease. Unilateral breast feeding should be considered in the differential diagnosis of asymmetric 67Ga localization in the breast.

Increased gallium-67 citrate uptake in the breast of a patient with gynecomastia.

“…1971;Larson et al 1971; Larson et al 1973;Kan et al 1976;Kim et al 1977;A jmani et al 1978). In addition, accumulation in the breast of subjects with gynecomastia appears during puberty or during estrogen therapy (Kan et al 1976;Ajmani et al 1978;Tonami et al 1980). On this basis, the need for a physcian to interpret Ga-67 citrate accumulation in the breast, as well as in the lung must be emphasized.…”