Abstract | UNLABELLED: Liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumours frequently occur and significantly worsen their prognosis. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) is a valuable method for the detection of somatostatin receptor-positive lesions like gastrinoma. In this case report, the importance of SRS to localize the primary tumor and the spread of disease is emphasized in a patient with neuroendocrine liver metastases. A 45-year-old man was admitted to hospital with multiple liver metastasis of neuroendocrine carcinoma. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy showed multiple intense radiotracer uptakes in the liver and a focal tracer uptake at the right side of the upper abdominal region corresponding to duodenum or pancreas. Elevated serum gastrin levels confirmed the gastrinoma diagnosis. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None declared.
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Authors | Gözde Mütevelizade, Mehmet Aydın, Ahmet Sezer |
Journal | Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy
(Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther)
Vol. 20
Issue 3
Pg. 117-20
(Dec 2011)
ISSN: 2146-1414 [Print] Turkey |
PMID | 23487241
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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