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
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.