1.An Incidentally Found Inflamed Uterine Myoma Causing Low Abdominal Pain, Using Tc-99m-Tektrotyd Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography-CT Hybrid Imaging.
Shahin ZANDIEH ; Matthias SCHUTZ ; Reinhard BERNT ; Jochen ZWERINA ; Joerg HALLER
Korean Journal of Radiology 2013;14(5):841-844
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.
Abdominal Pain/etiology/*radionuclide imaging
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Edetic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/diagnostic use
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Female
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Humans
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*Incidental Findings
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Leiomyoma/complications/*radionuclide imaging
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Middle Aged
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Organotechnetium Compounds/*diagnostic use
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Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/*methods
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Uterine Neoplasms/complications/*radionuclide imaging