Indium-111-chloride scintigraphy visualized gastric involvement in a case of adult T-cell leukemia.
We report a case of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) with gastric involvement visualized by 111In-chloride scintigraphy. A 55-year-old male patient presented with upper abdominal pain and appetite loss. His barium gastric series showed multiple ulcerating polypoid tumors due to gastric involvement of ATL. These lesions accumulated 111In-chloride and were also avid for 67Ga-citrate. Although the mechanism of 111In-chloride accumulation is unknown, 111In-chloride scintigraphy may be useful in evaluating patients with ATL.
Tani
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Nakajo
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D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; C020758:indium trichloride