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We report 4 cases of abnormal results using iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-mIBG) or technetium-99m (V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc(V)-DMSA) scintigraphy in the diagnosis and follow-up of presumed neuroendocrine tumours. The present series consisted of 2 false-positive cases (1 adenomatous polyp of the caecum with mIBG and 1 follicular adenoma of the thyroid with DMSA) and 2 cases of anomalous uptake of (V)-DMSA in a non-neuroendocrine tissue.
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Workin part presented at the International Congress G.R.A.D.O. 4 Rome, 10–11 May 1991
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Feggi, L., Uberti, E.D., Pansini, G.C. et al. Pitfalls in scintigraphic detection of neuroendocrine tumours. Eur J Nucl Med 19, 214–218 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173284
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