title: [Scintigraphic imaging of head and neck cancers with 99m technetium (v) dimercaptosuccinic acid. A prospective clinical study].
abstract: In patients with cervical metastases conventional examination by ultrasound, CT or MRI imaging often fails to identify an unknown primary tumor. Also the retrieval of a recurrent malignancy may be difficult. Scintigraphy, utilizing technetium-99m (v) dimercaptosuccinic acid was chosen for a prospective study in 17 patients to evaluate its properties for imaging metastasizing squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Scintigraphic findings were correlated with the results of clinical examination and conventional imaging techniques. In all cases the primary tumor revealed good uptake of 99mTc(v)DMSA. Manifest cervical metastases could only be imaged in some cases. In future, therefore, 99mTc(v)DMSA scanning may be used for the detection of unknown primary tumors. However, it does not appear helpful in the evaluation of cervical nodes.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkranke.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heinritz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marienhagen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stenglein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iro
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D004113:Succimer; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer
vernacular_title: Szintigraphische Darstellung von Kopf-Hals-Karzinomen mit 99mTechnetium (v) Dimercaptosuccinic acid. Eine prospektive klinische Studie.