Thallium-201 scintigraphy in malignant mesothelioma.
A patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma was investigated using 201Tl scintigraphy. There was diffuse pleural tumour accumulation on planar scintigraphy. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) demonstrated exact tumour location. It is concluded that planar scintigraphy using 201Tl may be useful in detecting mesothelioma. Clearer tumour localization is possible with SPECT.
Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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Watanabe
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Shimizu
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Kameda
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Kanazawa
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Seto
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes