title: Differentiating suspected nasopharyngeal infection from carcinoma using dual-tracer and multiple time-point technetium-99m sestamibi and white blood cell SPECT/CT imaging.
abstract: The role of molecular and functional imaging lies in its capability to more accurately define and characterize pathologies, with a host of varied radiotracers and techniques being available to the clinician for use. We present a case in which dual-tracer and multiple time-point single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging using technetium-99m sestamibi and white blood cell radiotracers was used to characterize an indeterminate base of skull lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Andrew Eik Hock
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sue Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Thang
authors.forename: Ajit Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Padhy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi