[Preliminary report on the usefulness of 123I-IMP scintigraphy in distant metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: except for bone and lung metastases].
N-isopropyl-p-[123I] Iodoamphetamine (IMP) scintigraphy was performed in 10 lesions of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Five of 10 lesions (50%) were detected with planar images, which was superior to the 2 of 8 lesions (25%) detected with 67Ga-citrate (Ga) scintigraphy. The positive ratio was increased to 83% (5/6) with SPECT. Thus our findings suggested that IMP could compensate for Ga scintigraphy in detecting distant metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Department of Radiology, Tottori University, School of Medicine.
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Kodama
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Suto
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Iwamiya
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Tanigawa
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Ohta
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D000662:Amphetamines; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine