In-111 ibritumomab scintigraphy (planar and SPECT) and FDG PET/CT before Y-90 ibritumomab treatment in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2007 Dec;32(12):952-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815976a5.

Abstract

We report the case of a 75-year-old man, in whom Y-90 ibritumomab was requested because of relapse of blastoid variant mantle cell lymphoma diagnosed in 1995. Before Y-90 ibritumomab treatment, FDG PET and In-111 ibritumomab scintigraphy with planar views at 24 hours, 48 hours, and 5 days, including SPECT, were performed. Discordant information between both examinations was observed as, in addition to the lesions detected by In-111 ibritumomab imaging, FDG PET detected lesions that did not take up the ibritumomab. The discrepancy shown by both radiotracers has to be kept in mind before planning treatment with Y-90 ibritumomab, and for the correct evaluation of treatment response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Indium Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / radiotherapy*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radioimmunotherapy*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Indium Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • ibritumomab tiuxetan