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Thyroid uptake of gallium in Graves' disease
J C Allard1, V W Lee, P Franklin
1Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
A patient with hyperthyroid Graves' disease presented with ptosis, leading to a workup for myasthenia gravis. An enlarged thymus gland was noted on computed tomography. A scan with gallium-67 citrate showed prominent and diffuse thyroid gland activity as well as prominent lacrimal activity. This finding of thyroid uptake of gallium led to the correct diagnosis of Graves' disease. Such a finding has not been reported previously. The associated thymic, thyroid, and orbital findings in Graves' disease are discussed.