The authors describe the possible application of Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. In consideration of the common embryonic origin of these tumors and other neoplastic diseases (medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheocromocytoma, neuroblastoma) that have been well studied with radionuclide imaging, five cases of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (two insulinomas, one vipoma, and two unclassified neuroendocrine tumors) were successfully visualized with Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy, thus giving an overall ''imaging confirmation'' of the histologic and/or cytologic results in terms of primary and metastatic localization. The authors point out the importance of their results, obtained in a simple and repeatable manner, and suggest a real comparison in this setting between this approach and octreotide scintigraphy.
Preliminary evaluation of the usefulness of Tc-99m (V) DMSA in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors / Maria, Banci; Pier Luigi, Bianchi; Walter, Gianni; Anna Maria, Romani; DE VINCENTIS, Giuseppe; Maria, Ierardi; Scopinaro, Francesco. - In: CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 0363-9762. - 21:2(1996), pp. 122-124. [10.1097/00003072-199602000-00009]
Preliminary evaluation of the usefulness of Tc-99m (V) DMSA in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
DE VINCENTIS, Giuseppe;SCOPINARO, Francesco
1996
Abstract
The authors describe the possible application of Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. In consideration of the common embryonic origin of these tumors and other neoplastic diseases (medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheocromocytoma, neuroblastoma) that have been well studied with radionuclide imaging, five cases of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (two insulinomas, one vipoma, and two unclassified neuroendocrine tumors) were successfully visualized with Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy, thus giving an overall ''imaging confirmation'' of the histologic and/or cytologic results in terms of primary and metastatic localization. The authors point out the importance of their results, obtained in a simple and repeatable manner, and suggest a real comparison in this setting between this approach and octreotide scintigraphy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.