Gallium-67 Uptake After Breast and Hip Augmentation with Silicone

Palestro, Christopher J.; Chau, Peter; Goldsmith, Stanley J.

doi:10.1097/00003072-199211000-00015

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“…Our case report and prior case reports have demonstrated increased Ga-67 uptake up to ten years following silicone injections (8, 9). As per Ho et al, granulomatous reactions may occur from three weeks to twenty years after silicone injection (10).…”

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“…Gallium-67 uptake at the site of prior silicone implants and silicone injections has been previously reported in the literature (8, 9). This case demonstrates increased gallium uptake in the buttocks of a patient with prior silicone injections in this region, to re-emphasize silicone injections and silicone implants as a potential cause of increased gallium-67 uptake.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…In addition, we correlate our patient’s gallium scan with a F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT to emphasize that increased FDG uptake may also be seen in the setting of prior silicone injections in the buttocks or elsewhere in the body. Because previous case reports demonstrating Ga-67 uptake due to silicone injections in the buttocks were published before the clinical use of PET/CT, correlation with PET/CT was not available at that time (8, 9, 10). …”

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Gallium-67 citrate has long been used for imaging of infection and inflammation. Although gallium-67 uptake due to silicone implants and silicone injections has been previously reported in the literature, very few cases are documented. We report a case of increased gallium-67 uptake in the buttocks in a patient who previously received silicone injections in the buttocks, to reemphasize silicone augmentation as a potential source of gallium-67 uptake. In addition, we present a F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT scan from the same patient to demonstrate mild diffuse FDG uptake in the buttocks in the region of previous silicone injection. Although FDG is well known to accumulate in areas of inflammation such as prior sites of silicone injection or silicone implantation in the breast, FDG uptake in the buttocks due to silicone injections has not been previously reported or correlated with a gallium scan.

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confidence: 79%