title: Increased accumulation of iodine-123-IMP in the pulmonary inflammatory lesion surrounding a lung cancer.
abstract: In a patient with primary lung cancer, increased accumulation of I-123-IMP was observed in a pulmonary inflammatory lesion surrounding a lung cancer which was delineated as a photon deficient area. Ga-67-citrate uptake was observed in both the inflammatory and cancerous areas. These findings suggest that I-123-IMP may have the potential to accumulate differently in a variety of pathological conditions of the lung and thus may be a clinically useful lung imaging agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Minami-Kyushu Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiraki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iriki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirotsu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wakimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Norimatsu
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine