title: Per operative localization of a carcinoid tumour of the breast using indium-111 pentetreotide and a nuclear surgical probe.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meunier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Le Cloirec
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dazord
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leveque
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lesimple
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourguet
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D013004:Somatostatin; C081788:pentetreotide