Ga-67 scintigraphy in a child with adrenocortical carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 1993 Aug;18(8):642-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199308000-00002.

Abstract

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy in childhood and often presents with a large abdominal mass and precocious puberty. The tumor is often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Radiological techniques are the main imaging modalities for assessment of the primary tumor. Ga-67 scintigraphy has been used in other pediatric solid tumors, however, no data were available for this tumor in childhood. A case of a 2.5-year-old male with a Ga-67 avid adrenocortical carcinoma is reported in which Ga-67 scintigraphy was very useful in detecting recurrence of the tumor and in assessing response to therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / therapy
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / secondary
  • Adrenocortical Carcinoma / therapy
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes