Intraoperative localization of recurrent medullary carcinoma of the thyroid using indium-111 pentetreotide and a nuclear surgical probe
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 21 (4) , 363-364
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00947974
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 preoperative111In pentetreotide allowed accurate surgical localization of the tumour tissue.Keywords
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