Tc-99m sestamibi uptake by cerebellar metastasis from bronchogenic carcinoma.
Tc-99m sestamibi has been used to detect primary brain and lung tumors. The authors report a patient who underwent brain imaging to differentiate tumor from abscess in the cerebellum because of a ring-like enhancement lesion on a brain CT scan. An abnormal area of increased sestamibi uptake in the right cerebellum was demonstrated planar and on a SPECT imaging. The removed tumor was confirmed to be poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma.
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Nuclear Medicine Service, Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40511.
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D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; C100014:technetium Tc 99m gluceptate