Excretion of gallium 67 in human breast milk and its inadvertent ingestion by a 9-month-old child

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dc.contributor.authorRubow S.
dc.contributor.authorKlopper J.
dc.contributor.authorScholtz P.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:16:20Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:16:20Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractThe concentration of radioactivity excreted in breast milk following the administration of gallium 67 to 3 patients was measured in milk samples obtained for several days after injection. Similar values were obtained from all 3 patients, with milk samples obtained approximately 120 h after administration containing 4.3-5.7 Bq/ml per MBq of 67Ga administered. These values are lower than those previously reported. The image of a child who had inadvertently been breast-fed for 48 h after administration of 67Ga to the mother showed activity in the intestines only. Our results seem to confirm recommendations by other authors that gallium scintigraphy should be avoided in nursing mothers. Should the administration of 67Ga be inevitable, breast-feeding should be discontinued, since interruption periods of approximately 2 weeks may be required to reduce the effective dose equivalent to the infant below 1 mSv. However, close contact between mother and child need not be avoided.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
dc.identifier.citation18
dc.identifier.citation10
dc.identifier.issn03406997
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13737
dc.subjectgallium 67
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbody burden
dc.subjectbreast milk
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectwhole body scintiscanning
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectBreast Feeding
dc.subjectCase Report
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectGallium Radioisotopes
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectMiddle Age
dc.subjectMilk, Human
dc.subjectSarcoidosis
dc.subjectSupport, Non-U.S. Gov't
dc.titleExcretion of gallium 67 in human breast milk and its inadvertent ingestion by a 9-month-old child
dc.typeArticle
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