PER OPERATIVE LOCALIZATION OF A CARCINOID-TUMOR OF THE BREAST USING IN-111 PENTETREOTIDE AND A NUCLEAR SURGICAL PROBE

Citation
B. Meunier et al., PER OPERATIVE LOCALIZATION OF A CARCINOID-TUMOR OF THE BREAST USING IN-111 PENTETREOTIDE AND A NUCLEAR SURGICAL PROBE, European journal of nuclear medicine, 22(3), 1995, pp. 281-283
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
03406997
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
281 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6997(1995)22:3<281:POLOAC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 69-year-old woman presented with a single enlarged lymph node in the left axilla. Clinical examination and other investigations, including various imaging methods, failed to reveal the primary tumour. However , indium-lll pentetreotide scan revealed a site of uptake in the anter ior region of the left thorax. Peroperative imaging with In-111-pentet reotide confirmed the tumour uptake and use of a nuclear surgical prob e allowed precise localization of the tumour, which was completely res ected.