title: Visualization of ocular melanoma with N-isopropyl-p-[123I]-iodoamphetamine.
abstract: In a patient with ocular melanoma, scintigraphy with N-isopropyl-p-[123I]-iodoamphetamine [( 123I]IMP) clearly delineated the histologically proven ocular lesion. In a tissue distribution study, using the resected specimen, a significantly high accumulation of the radioactivity was confirmed in tumor tissue. Thus, [123I]IMP scintigraphy provided specific localization of an ocular melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Ophthalmology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muranaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomitsu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines; D005123:Eye / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine