False-positive MIBG uptake in pneumonia in a patient with stage IV neuroblastoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Sep;35(9):743-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181ea3502.

Abstract

A 32-month-old female child with a history of stage IV favorable biology neuroblastoma with a 123-I MIBG (metaiodobenzylguanidine scan) avid adrenal mass, with retroperitoneal nodal extension and bony metastasis, was in complete remission after intense multimodal therapy. Seventeen months after diagnosis a surveillance 123-I MIBG scan showed abnormal tracer uptake in the midzone of the right thorax. Chest x-ray and CT scan confirmed right upper lobe consolidation corresponding to the tracer uptake. Chest x-ray after antibiotics showed resolution of the abnormality. 123-I MIBG scan 3 months later showed no abnormal uptake. False-positive MIBG uptake in pneumonia has not been previously reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine / pharmacokinetics*
  • Child, Preschool
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neuroblastoma / complications*
  • Neuroblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Pneumonia / complications*
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine