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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
918
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) labelled with iodine-131 ((131)I) has become a well established therapeutic tool for inoperable metastastic tumours of paraganglioma. There are different pharmacological substances known to interfere with MIBG-uptake which may result in a false negative MIBG scan. We present the case of a 26-year-old male polytoxicomanic patient with metastatic paraganglioma, who underwent MIBG therapy. During earlier therapies, MIBG uptake in the metastatic lesions was very high. A post-therapeutic whole-body scan subsequent to recent (131)I-MIBG therapy failed to detect the vast majority of metastatic lesions-except for two. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) showed metastases with a similar distribution to the initial MIBG scan. The possible reasons for the discrepancy in the findings of the MIBG scans and the (18)F-FDG-PET scan are discussed with special emphasis on drug intake prior to MIBG administration, increased MIBG turn-over and unknown drug mixture interference with MIBG uptake.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0007-1285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
525-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Case report: drug interference with MIBG uptake in a patient with metastatic paraganglioma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports