Olfactory neuroblastoma visualized by Technetium-99m-ECD SPECT

Radiat Med. 2001 Sep-Oct;19(5):267-70.

Abstract

We describe a case of olfactory neuroblastoma diagnosed by 99mTc-ECD SPECT. Although MRI and CT are very important for delineating these tumors, they are, by no means, specific for neuroblastomas. 131I-MIBG scintigraphy, the standard method for imaging tumors of neural crest origin, also failed to detect a histologically proven esthesioneuroblastoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Adult
  • Cysteine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / diagnosis
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nasal Cavity*
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • technetium Tc 99m bicisate
  • Cysteine