[67Ga citrate scintigraphy of lymph nodes in children with Hodgkin's disease]

Positive scintigraphy with 67Ga-citrate in examination of children with Hodgkin's disease is a useful and informative method to exclude primary involvement of the subdiaphragmatic regions of the lymphatic system in a pathological process and to assess the efficacy of therapy of specific lesion of the intrathoracic and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This method is of utmost importance for a dynamic observation of the lymphatic system of patients in remission, for the detection and determination of site of Hodgkin's disease recurrences.