Per operative localization of a carcinoid tumour of the breast using indium-111 pentetreotide and a nuclear surgical probe.
A 69-year-old woman presented with a single enlarged lymph node in the left axilla. Clinical examination and other investigations, including various imaging methods, failed to reveal the primary tumour. However, indium-111 pentetreotide scan revealed a site of uptake in the anterior region of the left thorax. Peroperative imaging with 111In-pentetreotide confirmed the tumour uptake and use of a nuclear surgical probe allowed precise localization of the tumour, which was completely resected.
Meunier
B
B
Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer, Rennes, France.
Le Cloirec
J
J
Dazord
L
L
Leveque
J
J
Lesimple
T
T
Tas
P
P
Bourguet
P
P
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016634:Radiosurgery; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D013004:Somatostatin; C081788:pentetreotide