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Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) has become a routine imaging method for the diagnostics of neuroendocrine tumours (NET). (99m)Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate (Polatom, Poland) is a new radiotracer with high affinity for SSTR2 and similar physiological biodistribution to (111)In-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. (99m)Tc 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. (99m)Tc-MDP scintigraphy confirmed multiple bone metastases. On the basis of SRS result the patient was qualified for 90Y-DOTA-TATE therapy. In conclusion, (99m)Tc EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate can be regarded as a promising tracer for staging and to determine SSTR status of NET.
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PMID:(99m)Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-octreotate - a new radiotracer for detection and staging of NET: a case of metastatic duodenal carcinoid. 1643 6

Major milestones in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal tumors and tumor-like lesions are presented on the basis of the authors' 40 years of experience in the Lublin Orthopedic Clinic. A prompt, adequate and complex diagnosis should be established using clinical, radiological and laboratory data. The biopsy (usually trepano-biopsy) that is performed routinely can be omitted in some patients. lmmunohistochemistry tests enable adequate differential diagnosis in many cases. Great progress has also been observed in treatment methods. Burring of sclerotic bony walls in benign osteolytic lesions is a major improvement over traditional but ineffective curettage. A multidisciplinary approach using neoadjuvant chemotherapy has radically improved outcomes in the treatment of ostegenic sarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma. Progress in surgical methods is enabling limb salvage by reconstructing large bone defects with modular endoprostheses. Patients with bone metastases are routinely operated for pathological fractures, large bone destruction or spinal cord compression. The authors call for the establishment of several Musculoskeletal Oncology centers in Poland.
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PMID:Advances in musculoskeletal oncology: experience of the Lublin Orthopedic Clinic. 1761 20