A patient who had previously undergone ileal resection and liver transplantation for a gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) tumor was evaluated with somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) using In-111-DTPA-D-Phe(1)-pentetreotide. Eighteen months after surgery, during follow-up procedures, conventional imaging techniques (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) only showed a relapse in the gastropancreatic lymph nodes, while SRS demonstrated skeletal spread. This case report emphasizes the clinical impact of SRS on the management of patients affected by neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors.
Bone lesion in a patient with transplanted liver for a metastatic carcinoid. The role of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
Chiti A;Spinelli A;
1998-01-01
Abstract
A patient who had previously undergone ileal resection and liver transplantation for a gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) tumor was evaluated with somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) using In-111-DTPA-D-Phe(1)-pentetreotide. Eighteen months after surgery, during follow-up procedures, conventional imaging techniques (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) only showed a relapse in the gastropancreatic lymph nodes, while SRS demonstrated skeletal spread. This case report emphasizes the clinical impact of SRS on the management of patients affected by neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors.File in questo prodotto:
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