Detecting meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer with thallium-201 SPECT.
Thallium-201 (201Tl) scintigraphy is one of the imaging methods used in the detection of various tumors including brain metastasis. We evaluated a patient with meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer by using 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Meningeal spread of a tumor was noted on enhanced CT. SPECT revealed tumor localization in meningeal carcinomatosis. These results suggest that SPECT with 201Tl may be useful in detecting meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer.
Watanabe
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Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan. nw31456@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Shimizu
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Noguchi
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Kawabe
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Tonami
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Seto
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes