PEROPERATIVE I-123 MIBG SCAN USING A STERILE PROBE FOR STAGING AND RESECTION OF NEUROBLASTOMA IN CHILDREN

Two children with neuroblastoma were treated at Bristol Children's Hos pital, One had primary resection of a right adrenal tumor; the other h ad resection of a secondary lymph node located in the left supraclavic ular fossa. In both cases, the patients received I-123-meta-iodobenzyl guanidine (MIBG) preoperatively, and a sterlizable, hand-held Cadmium- Telluride (CdTe) solid-state detector was used for localization of the tumor. The surgical procedure was facilitated significantly by this p eroperative radioisotope-guided technique. (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders C ompany