title: Tc-99m sestamibi uptake by cerebellar metastasis from bronchogenic carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40511.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadzielawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: U Y
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Ryo
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; C100014:technetium Tc 99m gluceptate