title: Indium-111 octreotide uptake in the surgical scar.
abstract: Indium-111 octreotide uptake has been reported in various somatostatin receptor positive tumors, granulomas and autoimmune diseases in which activated leucocytes may play a role, subcutaneous cavernous hemangioma and angiofibroma. We present Indium-111 octreotide uptake in a surgical abdominal scar tissue 1.5 and 6 months after surgery in a patient who had been treated for recurrent carcinoid tumor in the rectosigmoid junction. Indium-111 octreotide uptake in a surgical scar may be related to the binding to somatostatin receptors in the activated lymphocytes and fibroblasts that is previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. degirmenci@kordon.deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bekis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Derebek
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000652:urine; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; C094279:indium-111-octreotide; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D015282:Octreotide