INTRAOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION OF RECURRENT MEDULLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID USING IN-111 PENTETREOTIDE AND A NUCLEAR SURGICAL PROBE

Authors
WADDINGTON WA KETTLE AG HEDDLE RM COAKLEY AJ
Citation
Wa. Waddington et al., INTRAOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION OF RECURRENT MEDULLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID USING IN-111 PENTETREOTIDE AND A NUCLEAR SURGICAL PROBE, European journal of nuclear medicine, 21(4), 1994, pp. 363-364
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European journal of nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03406997
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
363 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6997(1994)21:4<363:ILORMC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A patient with recurrent medullary thyroid cancer in the neck in whom previous surgery for recurrence had been undertaken with only partial success had the diseased tissue localized preoperatively by indium-111 pentetreotide. Scanning with technetium-99m V dimercaptosuccinic acid and iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine failed to localize the tumor. Utilization of a nuclear surgical probe after preoperative In-111 pent etreotide allowed accurate surgical localization of the tumour tissue.