Scintigraphic visualization of ocular melanoma with Tc-99m glutathione

A Tutuş; K Erkiliç; M T Ercan; O Kontaş; M Aydin; H Doğan

doi:10.1007/BF03164823

Scintigraphic visualization of ocular melanoma with Tc-99m glutathione

Ann Nucl Med. 1997 May;11(2):143-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03164823.

Authors

A Tutuş¹, K Erkiliç, M T Ercan, O Kontaş, M Aydin, H Doğan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.

PMID: 9212895
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164823

Abstract

In a patient with ocular melanoma scintigraphy obtained with 99mTc-GSH clearly demonstrated the histologically proven ocular lesion both in planar and SPECT images. 99mTc-sestamibi study obtained in the same patient three days later was negative. 99mTc-GSH is a potential alternative to the currently used radiopharmaceuticals for imaging both cutaneous and ocular melanomas and their metastases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Eye Neoplasms / pathology
Glutathione / analogs & derivatives*
Humans
Male
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
Melanoma / pathology
Middle Aged
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
Technetium*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

technetium Tc 99m glutathione
Technetium
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
Glutathione