Illustration of protein loss from the stomach by using SPECT/CT: a case of Ménétrier disease

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Oct;39(10):906-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000411.

Abstract

We report a 47-year-old man in whom Tc human serum albumin diethylene-triamine-pentaacetic acid protein-losing scintigraphy, performed with SPECT/CT, was useful for diagnosing Ménétrier disease. Planar images taken 1 and 3 hours after radioactive isotope injection yielded a suspicion that the stomach was the site of protein loss in this case. However, the protein loss from the stomach was precisely diagnosed after SPECT/CT was performed; this helped to diagnose Ménétrier disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Gastritis, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Stomach / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
  • technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate