title: Radioimaging of the prostate and metastases of prostatic carcinoma with 99mTc-labelled prostatic acid phosphatase-specific antibodies and their Fab fragments.
abstract: A radioimmunodetection technique using 99mTc-labelled polyclonal antibodies raised in rabbits against human prostate-specific acid phosphatase was used to detect metastases of prostatic carcinoma. All the metastases observed by X-rays or bone scintigraphy in the four patients with M1-disease were revealed by the novel technique employed. In addition, in one of the patients studied, a distinct incorporation of radioactivity was also observed in the left inferior scapular region, which was not seen by conventional bone scanning, but was later confirmed by X-ray studies to be a metastatic process.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000276:immunology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D013667:Technetium; D000135:Acid Phosphatase