Detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with head and neck Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging

Yen You Shen; Chia Hung Kao; Sheng Ping Changlai; Poon Ung Chieng; Tzu Chen Yen

doi:10.1097/00003072-199805000-00008

Detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with head and neck Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging

Yen You Shen, Chia Hung Kao^*, Sheng Ping Changlai, Poon Ung Chieng, Tzu Chen Yen

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Abstract

Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging of the head and neck was performed on 10 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and 10 controls. There was no abnormal nasopharyngeal uptake of tetrofosmin in the 10 controls. In the patients with NPC, 3/10 (30%) of the cases had no abnormal uptake and 7/10 (70%) had increased nasopharyngeal uptake. Considering our preliminary study, we find that Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT of the head and neck may be helpful in the detection of NPC. However, further study with a larger number of patients is needed to ascertain the value of Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT in such cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-308
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	23
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199805000-00008
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
SPECT
Tc-99m Tetrofosmin

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