Lung gallium scan

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Gallium injection

Gallium 67 lung scan; Lung scan; Gallium scan - lung; Scan - lung

The lungs should appear of normal size and texture, and should take up very little gallium.

• Sarcoidosis
• Other respiratory infections, most often pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Other conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary embolus
• Tumors in the lung
• Scleroderma of the lung

Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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