Neurofibromas: location by scanning with Tc-99m DTPA. Work in progress

Journal Article · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · Radiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.157.3.3933050· OSTI ID:6044146

Mandell, G A; Herrick, W C; Harcke, H T; Sharkey, C; Brooks, K M; MacEwen, G D

The accumulation of technetium-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Tc-99m DTPA) in benign soft-tissue neurofibromatosis tumors is reported. In a series of 16 patients with clinical stigmata of neurofibromatosis, 28 sites of abnormal soft-tissue localization of the isotope observed scintigraphically were documented to be sites of soft-tissue tumor by clinical and/or radiographic (predominantly computed tomographic) correlations. The smallest lesion detected was a 1.5-cm subcutaneous neurofibroma. Normal physiologic nonrenal distribution of the Tc-99m DTPA was established by scintigraphic imaging of a control population.

• Research Organization: Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE
• OSTI ID: 6044146
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Vol. 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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