| Literature DB >> 2873544 |
G J Poston, A M Thomas, D W Macdonald, D Karvounaris, B L Henderson, P George, J A Lynn, J P Lavender.
Abstract
The uptake of 131I-MIBG by medullary carcinoma of the thyroid was studied in six patients after total thyroidectomy in whom persistent raised plasma calcitonin levels were indicative of residual disease. The only patient in whom any activity in a possible metastasis was seen had by far the highest level of circulating calcitonin of the group and in contrast one patient with a presumptive metastatic deposit showed no uptake of MIBG into it. In conclusion the uptake of 131I-MIBG by medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is unreliable and unpredictable.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 2873544 DOI： 10.1097/00006231-198604000-00003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucl Med Commun ISSN： 0143-3636 Impact factor: 1.690