Unusual Presentation of Relapse in Neuroblastoma: Pancreatic Metastases Detected by 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Aug;42(8):610-611. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001707.

Abstract

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children and accounts for 8% to 10% of all childhood cancers. The spread of metastases is both lymphatic and hematogenous. Hematogenous route occurs most commonly in bone marrow and cortical bone; pancreatic metastases are very rare, and there are few reports about this topic in medical literature. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy who suffers a third relapse of neuroblastoma: in this patient I-MIBG confirms that lesions detected by CT were due to a relapse in pancreatic tissue and influenced subsequent therapeutic management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine*
  • Adolescent
  • Bone Marrow / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology*
  • Neuroblastoma / therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Recurrence
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine