The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 69, Issue 6 886-891, Copyright © 1987 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Scintigraphy with gallium-67 citrate in staging of soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremity
HA Finn, MA Simon, WB Martin and H Darakjian
We performed a retrospective study of sixty patients who had a soft-tissue
sarcoma of the extremity to determine the usefulness of scintigraphy with
gallium-67 citrate as a staging modality. Abnormal activity of the gallium
was present in forty-one of forty-eight sites in which there was
macroscopic primary tumor. In six of the forty-eight patients, the imaging
demonstrated non-pulmonary metastases that had not been detected by any
other staging studies. Scintigraphy with gallium-67 citrate should be
employed routinely for staging of soft-tissue sarcomas because of its
utility in detecting non-pulmonary metastases that are not otherwise
detected on routine staging studies.