An Incidentally Found Inflamed Uterine Myoma Causing Low Abdominal Pain, Using Tc-99m-Tektrotyd Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography-CT Hybrid Imaging.
10.3348/kjr.2013.14.5.841
- Author:
Shahin ZANDIEH
1
;
Matthias SCHUTZ
;
Reinhard BERNT
;
Jochen ZWERINA
;
Joerg HALLER
Author Information
1. Institute of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hanusch-Hospital, Teaching Hospital of Medical University of Vienna, Vienna A-1140, Austria. shahin.zandieh@chello.at
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Tektrotyd;
SPECT-CT;
Uterine myoma
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain/etiology/*radionuclide imaging;
Edetic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/diagnostic use;
Female;
Humans;
*Incidental Findings;
Leiomyoma/complications/*radionuclide imaging;
Middle Aged;
Organotechnetium Compounds/*diagnostic use;
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/*methods;
Uterine Neoplasms/complications/*radionuclide imaging
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2013;14(5):841-844
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report the case of a 50-year-old woman presented with a history of right hemicolectomy due to an ileocecal neuroendocrine tumor and left breast metastasis. Owing to a slightly elevated chromogranin A-level and lower abdominal pain, single photon emission computed tomography-computer tomography (SPECT-CT) was performed. There were no signs of recurrence on the SPECT-CT scan, but the patient was incidentally found to have an inflamed intramural myoma. We believe that the slightly elevated chromogranin A-level was caused by the hypertension that the patient presented. In the clinical context, this is a report of an inflamed uterine myoma seen as a false positive result detected by TC-99m-Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-Tyr3-Octreotide (Tektrotyd) SPECT-CT hybrid imaging.
