title: Soft tissue metastases and lung cancer recurrence detected by Tc-99m depreotide scintigraphy.
abstract: A 63-year-old woman with previously treated stage I lung cancer was reexamined 5 years later for recurrence. A conventional work-up using computed tomographic scanning and transbronchial biopsy showed nothing abnormal. A Tc-99m depreotide scan, however, led to a noninvasive diagnosis of lung cancer recurrence with metastases, and it directed a noninvasive tissue diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas 78234, USA. jmiliz@satx.rr.com
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Miliziano
authors.forename: Yong C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012540:Scapula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013004:Somatostatin; C444119:technetium Tc 99m depreotide; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate