Tc-99m sestamibi and In-111 DTPA octreotide uptake in breast carcinoma with neurendocrine differentiation

Clin Nucl Med. 2000 Jun;25(6):482-3. doi: 10.1097/00003072-200006000-00023.

Abstract

Some breast tumors are classified as primary neuroendocrine carcinomas because of argyrophilia and positivity for neuroendocrine markers (chromogranins A and B and neuron-specific enolase), regardless of their cellular rest and cord structures. Tc-99m sestamibi has been widely used to identify epithelial breast carcinoma and lymph node metastases, whereas In-111 DTPA-octreotide has been used to identify primary and secondary neuroendocrine neoplasms specifically. The use of In-111 DTPA-octreotide and Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy in a woman with neuroendocrine differentiated cancer of the left breast is reported. Uptake of these radiopharmaceuticals only in the breast tumor permitted identification of a primary breast carcinoma, whereas absence of In-111 DTPA-octreotide uptake in other sites helped to exclude the presence of other neuroendocrine neoplasms in other organs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indium Radioisotopes*
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Pentetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Terbium*

Substances

  • Indium Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Terbium
  • SDZ 215-811
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Octreotide