Excessive colon activity from antidiarrheal medication causing false-positive In-111 octreotide studies.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
Ahmed M
AM
Mohammed
G M Shah
GM
Syed
Abdelmoneim
A
Omar
B David
BD
Collier
Abdelhamid H
AH
Elgazzar
D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000187:drug effects*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D000930:Antidiarrheals; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C094279:indium-111-octreotide; D015282:Octreotide