Published 2012 | Version v1
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Iodine-131 meta-iodobezylguanidine single photon emission computed tomography/computerized tomography in diagnosis of neuro-endocrine tumors

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)
  • 2. Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)

Description

Metaiodobenzyl guanidine (MIBG) is a derivative of guanethidine and acts as an analogue of nor-epinephrine and is widely used in the imaging of tumors of neuro-endocrine origin. Iodine-123 MIBG has ideal imaging characteristics but is expensive with limited availability. Iodine-131 MIBG is widely used in India and is cheap. Hybrid single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computerized tomography (CT) allows for anatomico-functional imaging and is being tried in MIBG studies. However, the experience with I-131 MIBG is limited. We present a pictorial assay of I-131 MIBG SPECT/CT findings in various MIBG avid tumors

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.108877; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628268

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URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628268;
DOI
10.4103/0972-3919.108877;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 55-58
ISSN
0972-3919

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46050026
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ADRENALINE; DIAGNOSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; MIBG; NEOPLASMS; ORIGIN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
ADRENAL HORMONES; AROMATICS; ASIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVES; CARDIOTONICS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GUANIDINES; HORMONES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NEUROREGULATORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TOMOGRAPHY

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PMCID: PMC3628268; PMID: 23599604; PUBLISHER-ID: IJNM-27-55; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3628268; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.