Nuklearmedizin 1991; 30(04): 132-136
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629564
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Visualization of Bone Pathologies and Lung Cancer with 99mTc-Glucose Phosphate: A Comparative Study[*]

B. E. Caner
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
,
M. T. Ercan
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
,
B. F. Bekdik
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
,
E. Varoğlu
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
,
S. Müezzinoğlu
1   From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and of Orthopedics
,
Y. Duman
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
,
G. F. Erbengi
2   Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
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Publication History

Received: 27 December 1990

Publication Date:
05 February 2018 (online)

Glucose phosphate (GP) labelled with 99mTc was used to obtain scintigraphic images of bone lesions in one group of patients (n = 28) and of lung tumors in another (n = 35). All bone lesions detected by 99mTc-MDP were also demonstrated by 99mTc-GP; all lung tumors except 4 were detected by 99mTc-GP, the failure rate being about the same as that for 67Ga. The use of 99mTc-GP is preferable to that of 99mTc-MDP because the former does not accumulate in normal bone; the advantage of 99mTc-GP over 67Ga lies in its better physical characteristics and in the fact that the result of the study is available within a few hours rather than three days.

Zusammenfassung

Mit 99mTc markiertes Glukosephosphat (GP) wurde zur szintigraphischen Darstellung von Knochenläsionen in einer Patientengruppe (n = 28) und von Lungentumoren in einer anderen Gruppe (n = 35) verwendet. In der ersteren Gruppe wurden alle Knochenläsionen, die mit 99mTc-MDP erkannt worden waren, auch mit 99mTc- GP sichtbar gemacht; in der zweiten Gruppe wurden mit Ausnahme von 4 Fällen alle Lungentumoren diagnostiziert, wobei die Versagerquote etwa gleich groß wie jene des 67Ga war. Der Einsatz von 99mTc-GP ist jenem von 99mTc-MDP vorzuziehen, da ersteres sich nicht in normalem Knochen anreichert; der Vorteil von 99mTc-GP gegenüber 67Ga liegt in seinen vorteilhafteren physikalischen Eigenschaften und in der Tatsache, daß das Ergebnis der Untersuchung bereits nach wenigen Stunden und nicht erst nach 3 Tagen vorliegt.

* Part of this work was presented at the 5th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 26-31 August, 1990, Montreal, Canada.


 
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