99m Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate - a new radiotracer for detection and staging of NET. A case of metastatic duodenal carcinoid

Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk; Piotr Szybiński; Katarzyna Fröss-Baron; Renata Mikolajczak; Bohdan Huszno; Anna Sowa-Staszczak

Vol 8, No 2 (2005)

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Submitted: 2012-01-23

Published online: 2005-06-23

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^99mTc-EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate - a new radiotracer for detection and staging of NET. A case of metastatic duodenal carcinoid

Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk, Piotr Szybiński, Katarzyna Fröss-Baron, Renata Mikolajczak, Bohdan Huszno, Anna Sowa-Staszczak

Nucl. Med. Rev 2005;8(2):155-156.

Vol 8, No 2 (2005)

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Submitted: 2012-01-23

Published online: 2005-06-23

Abstract

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) has become a routine imaging method for the diagnostics of neuroendocrine tumours (NET). ^99mTc-EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate (Polatom, Poland) is a new radiotracer with high affinity for SSTR2 and similar physiological biodistribution to ¹¹¹In-Octreoscan.
We present a case of a 47-year-old man with disseminated duodenal carcinoid. The patient had been operated due to the tumour mass detected in pancreatic head area. Histopathology revealed carcinoid of the duodenal wall with local lymph node and liver metastases. The patient was qualified for chemotherapy stopped due to severe leucopenia. ^99mTc EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate scintigraphy was performed for staging and to determine SSTR status of the tumour before planned 90Y-DOTATATE therapy. The multiple metastatic lesions were detected all over the body. The high quality images with high target/non target ratio were obtained. ^99mTc-MDP scintigraphy confirmed multiple bone metastases. On the basis of SRS result the patient was qualified for 90Y-DOTA-TATE therapy. In conclusion, ^99mTc EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate can be regarded as a promising tracer for staging and to determine SSTR status of NET.