title: Illustration of protein loss from the stomach by using SPECT/CT: a case of Ménétrier disease.
abstract: We report a 47-year-old man in whom Tc human serum albumin diethylene-triamine-pentaacetic acid protein-losing scintigraphy, performed with SPECT/CT, was useful for diagnosing Ménétrier disease. Planar images taken 1 and 3 hours after radioactive isotope injection yielded a suspicion that the stomach was the site of protein loss in this case. However, the protein loss from the stomach was precisely diagnosed after SPECT/CT was performed; this helped to diagnose Ménétrier disease.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiomi
mesh_terms: D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C057162:technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate