A 6-yr-old boy underwent a total body Ga-67 citrate imaging study because of a large mass of Hodgkin's lymphoma in the left
neck and the left anterior chest wall region. The images showed intense uptake in the left neck extending anteroinferiorly
to the left upper chest wall corresponding to the left neck and chest region. In addition, there was mild cervical-upper thoracic
scoliosis with convexity to the right and mild scoliosis of the lower lumbar scoliosis with concavity to the left. After three
cycles of chemotherapy, in the follow-up Ga-67 citrate total body images seven months after his first Ga-67 citrate imaging,
the intense uptake in the left neck and the left upper chest wall had been resolved and the scoliosis of the cervical-thoracic
and lower lumbar spine had also been reversed to normal. This case shows that a Ga-67 citrate imaging study is useful for
first diagnosis and subsequent monitoring of the therapeutic effects in a follow-up imaging. Also Ga-67 citrate imaging provided
evidence that the scoliosis had been reversed.
Key words Ga-67 citrate total body imaging - large neck mass - Hodgkin's disease - cervicalthoracic scoliosis - lumbar scoliosis