Detecting meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer with thallium-201 SPECT.

نویسندگان

  • N Watanabe
  • M Shimizu
  • K Noguchi
  • H Kawabe
  • N Tonami
  • H Seto
چکیده

Thallium-201 (201Tl) scintigraphy is one of the imaging methods used in the detection of various tumors including brain metastasis. We evaluated a patient with meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer by using 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Meningeal spread of a tumor was noted on enhanced CT. SPECT revealed tumor localization in meningeal carcinomatosis. These results suggest that SPECT with 201Tl may be useful in detecting meningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of nuclear medicine

دوره 14 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000