GA-67 MUSCLE UPTAKE IN A WEIGHT LIFTER AFTER EXERCISE

A 27-year-old man who had a history of Hodgkins lymphoma in apparent r emission presented as an outpatient for restaging. A scintigram was ob tained 7 days after injection of 11 mCi Ga-67 citrate. The patient had reinitiated a weight lifting regimen approximately 2 weeks before the imaging, noting arm tenderness after his first few workouts, The symp toms subsided and physical examination showed no tenderness to palpati on. The patient denied any urinary discoloration after reinitiation of exercise. The scintigram showed localization of Ga-67 in both arms pr edominantly in the biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis muscles. Th is finding corresponds to the site of previous tenderness. This study is an example of unusual Ga-67 uptake in muscle after exercise.