A "false positive" octreoscan in ileal Crohn's disease.
We present a case report of a patient with a suspicious ileal carcinoid tumour. Clinical examination as well as computer tomography (CT) scan suggested a tumour. Octeotride scan showed uptake in the same bowel loop reported as pathological in CT. The patient underwent surgery and biopsy which reported Crohn's disease (CD). The interest in the case is due to the fact that this is, to the best of our knowledge, the second report of Crohn's disease as a cause of false positive octeotride scan. Unfortunately, no somatostatin receptors could be found in the sample, so further studies should be performed.
Fernandez
Alberto
A
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital POVISA, c/ Salamanca 5, Vigo (Pontevedra) 36211. Spain. afvillaverde@gmail.com
Tabuenca
Olga
O
Peteiro
Angeles
A
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
C497824:111In-octreotide, DTPA(0)-; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D015282:Octreotide
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