Comparison of delayed imaging with Tc-99m PMT and Tc-99m DEIDA for visualization of hepatoma

Clin Nucl Med. 1989 Jul;14(7):526-31. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198907000-00011.

Abstract

Delayed imaging was performed after the intravenous administration of Tc-99m DEIDA and Tc-99m PMT in 18 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Using Tc-99m DEIDA imaging, sharp uptake by liver tumors was observed in four patients (22%), but the uptake was similar to that of the surrounding normal liver in eight patients (44%). Using Tc-99m PMT imaging, the uptake by the tumor was notable in ten patients (56%) and normal in two (11%). Tc-99m PMT and Tc-99m DEIDA were both concentrated in hepatocellular carcinomas, but the former showed intense uptakes more frequently, and thus is suggested to be useful in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imino Acids*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid
  • Technetium*
  • Tryptophan / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Imino Acids
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid
  • technetium Tc 99m (Sn)-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan
  • Technetium
  • Tryptophan