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Ga-67 Uptake by the Male Breast Under Digitalis Influence
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Ga-67 Uptake by the Male Breast Under Digitalis Influence

MITHILESH Kumar, HUSSEIN ABDEL-DAYEM and SLEIMAN Naddaf
Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.23(11), pp.779-779
11/1998
PMID: 9814572

Abstract

This report emphasizes that Ga-67 uptake by the male breast can be seen if the breast is exposed to a hormonal milieu of increased estrogen compared with testosterone concentrations. Gynecomastia is a rare side effect of digitalis ingestion and is attributed to its estrogen-like action. We describe a case demonstrating focal Ga-67 uptake in both breasts in a 64-year-old anemic man being treated with digitalis.

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