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Technetium-99m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy in patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.

Abstract
The lipophilic cationic compound Tc-99m-tetrofosmin has been demonstrated to be a valuable tool for the detection of a variety of tumours. Tc-99m-tetrofosmin uptake by sarcomas in vitro as well as in primary tumours has been reported. Data on the visualisation of metastatic soft tissue sarcomas using this tracer are missing so far. Ten consecutive patients with histopathologically verified metastatic soft tissue sarcoma were included in the present study. Five patients had previously received cytotoxic treatment, the other five patients were chemonaive. All patients underwent whole body planar examination after administration of 500-550 MBq Tc-99m-tetrofosmin, and in case of lung metastases on CT scan, SPECT images were carried out. Non-physiological accumulation of the tracer was considered as a positive result. Scintigraphic results were compared to conventional imaging by means of MRI/CT scanning. Visualisation of distant metastases was achieved in five patients all of whom were chemonaive, while in the chemotherapeutically pretreated patient group (n=5) false negative results were seen. Progressive disease was confirmed by follow-up in all patients. Pulmonary metastases were visualised only in SPECT acquisition and not on planar images. In one patient with diffuse bone marrow infiltration (inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma) Tc-99m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy was positive, while CT showed a negative result. According to our results, detection of metastatic soft tissue sarcomas by Tc-99m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy was strongly dependent on the history of previous treatment of the patient. A positive finding before initiation of chemotherapy was not indicative for subsequent therapeutic response. In the staging of chemonaive patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma Tc-99m-tetrofosmin may provide some additional information.
AuthorsGeorgios Karanikas, Wolfgang J Köstler, Alexander Becherer, Karoline Wiesner, Robert Dudczak, Michael Krainer, Kurt Kletter
JournalOncology reports (Oncol Rep) 2002 Sep-Oct Vol. 9 Issue 5 Pg. 1009-13 ISSN: 1021-335X [Print] Greece
PMID12168065 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radionuclide Imaging (methods)
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sarcoma (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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