title: [Nuclear medicine demonstration of intraocular tumors using gamma-radiating radionuclides. 1st clinical results].
abstract: A non-invasive method of detecting intraocular mass lesions is described which uses 67gallium citrate and 99m-technetium pertechnetate. It was used in 33 cases. In 73.7% of the patients with malignant melanoma of the eye there was a significant increase in the storage of the tracer. There was no difference in the results obtained with 67gallium citrate and 99m-technetium pertechnetate. Small, flat and peripheral tumors may not be detected. In some cases old intraocular hemorrhages may also lead to false-positive results. In contrast to the 32P-test the method described can be used in cases with opaque media. The radiation dose is about one-tenth of that given with the 32P-test.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013667:Technetium; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
vernacular_title: Nuklearmedizinische Darstellung intraokularer Tumoren mittels gammastrahlender Radionuklide. Erste klinische Ergebnisse.