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. 2020 Jul-Sep;35(3):269-270.
doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_17_20. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Tektrotyd Scan Showing a Diffuse Bone Metastasis in Patient with a Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumor

Ali Sellem  1 , Yazid Mahjoub  2 , Wassim Elajmi  1 , Hatem Hammami  1
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Tektrotyd Scan Showing a Diffuse Bone Metastasis in Patient with a Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumor

Ali Sellem et al. Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

A 65-year-old woman presented with a neuroendocrine pancreatic head tumor and known liver and bone metastasis. We performed Tc-99m-tektrotyd scintigraphy on this patient, which showed more developed diffuse bone metastases, in addition to the known lesions.

Keywords: Bone marrow metastasis; neuroendocrine tumor; pancreatic tumor; somatostatinreceptor scintigraphy.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (TEKTROTYD) showing an intense uptake in the area of the head pancreatic mass (upper image) and a large metastasis in the liver segment VI (lower image)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Whole-body scan (anterior and posterior) diffuse bone metastasis
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