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Query: UNIPROT:P61278 (
somatostatin
)
22,083
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
(111)In-pentetreotide [(111)In-octreoscan] is the most widely used radiolabeled
somatostatin
analog for evaluating neuroendocrine tumor overexpression of
somatostatin
receptors. False-positives studies of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy have been reported and often the cause is unexplained but assumed to be due to high number of
somatostatin
receptors in other pathologies. Causes of false-positives include visualization of the gallbladder, nasal mucosa and pulmonary hilar areas in respiratory infections, thyroid abnormalities, accessory spleens, recent Cerebrovascular accidents (
CVA
's) and activity at the site of a recent surgical incision. In infection or inflammation the cause of false-positive uptake is probably the result of tracer binding by
somatostatin
receptors on the inflammatory leukocytes. In this case report, we report, a 44-year-old male patient with false-positive (111)In-pentetreotide uptake due to gastritis.
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PMID:False-positive (111)In-pentetreotide Uptake in Gastritis. 2512 2
