Octreotide scintigraphy
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Octreotide scintigraphy uses 111In-labelled octreotide which is a somatostatin analog; it is also known as an OctreoscanTM, a brand name for 111In-labelled pentetreotide; pentetreotide is a DTPA-conjugated form of octreotide, originally manufactured by Mallinckrodt Nuclear Medicine LLC, which now forms part of Curium). It is particularly useful for assessment of neuroendocrine tumours.
Examples include:
- carcinoid tumour
- paraganglioma
- small cell lung cancer
- pituitary adenoma
- neuroblastoma
- medullary thyroid carcinoma
- pancreatic islet cell tumour
Certain non-neuroendocrine tumours can also show uptake in an octreoscan. Examples include:
Also, certain autoimmune or granulomatous diseases may occasionally show octreotide uptake.
-<li><a href="/articles/carcinoid-tumours-1">carcinoid tumour</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/carcinoid-tumour-2">carcinoid tumour</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/glomus-jugulotympanicum">glomus jugulotympanicum</a></li>- +<li><a title="Glomus jugulotympanicum paraganglioma" href="/articles/glomus-jugulotympanicum-paraganglioma">glomus jugulotympanicum</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/pheochromocytoma-2">phaeochromocytoma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/phaeochromocytoma-1">phaeochromocytoma</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/small-cell-lung-cancer-1">small cell lung cancer</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/small-cell-lung-cancer-2">small cell lung cancer</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/medullary-thyroid-cancer">medullary thyroid carcinoma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/medullary-thyroid-carcinoma-1">medullary thyroid carcinoma</a></li>
-<a href="/articles/merkel-cell-tumour">Merkel cell carcinoma</a> <sup>3</sup>- +<a title="Merkel cell carcinoma" href="/articles/merkel-cell-carcinoma">Merkel cell carcinoma</a> <sup>3</sup>
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