Male, 42 year old, operated on of a small bowel carcinoid tumor. Referred for staging. No abnormal areas of tracer accumulation were found. Note thyroid gland (24 h), Pituitary Gland (faintly at 4 h), Liver,  Spleen, Kidneys, Bladder, Bowel (more evident at 24 h).  Gallbladder, Biliary Tract and Adrenals can also be observed, though not evident in this case.

References:

1    J Banzo, MD Abós, E Prats, F García, P Razola y T Escalera. Aplicaciones de la gammagrafía de receptores de somatostatina en los tumores neuroendocrinos enteropancreáticos, p: 213 -225 in: Medicina Nuclear Aplicaciones Clínicas. Eds: I. Carrio - P. González. Editorial Masson, Barcelona España, 2003.

2    Jacobsson H, Bremmer S, Larsson SA. Visualisation of the normal adrenals at SPET examination with 111In-pentetreotide. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2003 Aug;30(8):1169-72.

3    See also Package Insert

 

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