Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 1985;10(5-6):255-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF00254470.

Concentration of 99mTc-Sn-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan, a biliary agent, in distant metastases of hepatomas

Y Hasegawa, S Nakano, K Ibuka, T Hashizume, Y Sasaki, S Imaoka, S Ishiguro, S Tanaka, H Kasugai, Y Okano, et al.
Case Reports

Concentration of 99mTc-Sn-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan, a biliary agent, in distant metastases of hepatomas

Y Hasegawa et al. Eur J Nucl Med. 1985.

Abstract

During the last 2 years, eight patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were suspected of having distant metastases have been studied to determine whether a new biliary agent, 99mTc-Sn-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan (99mTc-PMT), is taken up by extrahepatic tumors. In all eight patients, scintigrams showed a clearly increased uptake of 99mTc-PMT radioactivity by the extrahepatic tumors. In contrast, an increased uptake by the tumors of gallium citrate Ga 67 was only detected in four of the seven patients examined. The results obtained in this study suggest that 99mTc-PMT is useful both for characterizing the nature of extrahepatic tumors in patients with hepatoma and for detecting the metastases.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Cancer. 1954 May;7(3):462-503 - PubMed
    1. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1971 Sep;113(1):92-103 - PubMed
    1. J Nucl Med. 1970 Jul;11(7):459-66 - PubMed
    1. J Nucl Med. 1983 Dec;24(12 ):1119-22 - PubMed
    1. J Nucl Med. 1982 Jun;23 (6):517-24 - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources