The use of 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine in clinical diagnosis and staging of neuroectodermal tumors. Two case reports.
131I-Meta-iodobenzylguanidine has proved to be useful for the diagnosis of different kinds of neoplasms of neuroectodermal origin. The value of this scintigraphic method as a complementary technic to conventional diagnostic tests for staging in a child with neuroblastoma is described. In another child an ontogenetically related tumor, a mediastinal ganglioneuroma, was also visualized.
D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine