title: Scintigraphic evaluation of two cases with alveolar soft part sarcoma.
abstract: Two cases of alveolar soft part sarcoma were examined with gallium-67 citrate (67Ga), technetium-99m-methylenediphosphate (99mTc-MDP) and technetium-99m(V)-dimercaptosuccinic acid (Tc(V)-DMS) to compare the sensitivity of these three radiopharmaceuticals. All scintigrams were positive with primary tumor, and images with Tc(V)-DMS were the best. Skull metastasis could be also detected by all agents, but scintigrams with lung metastases were negative. In scintigraphic evaluation of alveolar soft part sarcoma, Tc(V)-DMS may be a better agent than 67Ga or 99mTc-MDP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe Tamatsu Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotoura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torizuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004113:Succimer; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019343:Citric Acid; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate