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. 2009 Mar 6;36(8):1265–1272. doi: 10.1007/s00259-009-1098-9

Table 1.

Lesions visualised using the three radiopharmaceuticals

  99mTc-demogastrin 2 111In-DOTA-MG11 111In-DOTA-CCK
Patient 1 Neck None Neck equivocal
Calcitonin 15 μg/l Liver
Patient 2a Neck/mediastinum Neck/mediastinum Neck/mediastinum
Calcitonin 49 μg/l Brain (unknown, MRI+a) Brain equivocal (retrospective) Brain (retrospective)
Patient 3b Neck (4 lesions, 2 unknownb) Neck (4 lesions, 2 unknownb) Neck (2 lesions)
Calcitonin 0.33 μg/l
Patient 4 Neck (2 lesions, 1 unknown) None None
 Calcitonin 0.23 μg/l Unknown lesion: FNA: MTC+
Patient 5c Neck Neck Neck
 Calcitonin 35 μg/l Mediastinum Mediastinum Mediastinum
Liver (unknown, MRI+) Liver (unknown, MRI+)
Bone (unknown, CT+) Bone (unknown, CT+) Bone (unknown, CT+)
Patient 6c Neck Neck Neck
 Calcitonin 131 μg/l Lungs Lungs Lungs
Liver Liver Liver
Bone Bone Bone

aMRI: pineal cyst possible. Lesion with 111In-DOTA-MG11 and 111In-DOTA-CCK missed on initial reading

bNot all lesions could be confirmed by US

cLesions in patients 5 and 6 best visible with 99mTc-demogastrin 2 (Figs. 2 and 4)