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Thallium-201 scintigraphy in malignant mesothelioma
N Watanabe1, M Shimizu, K Kameda
1Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
The British Journal of Radiology
|July 9, 1999
Abstract:
A patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma was investigated using 201Tl scintigraphy. There was diffuse pleural tumour accumulation on planar scintigraphy. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) demonstrated exact tumour location. It is concluded that planar scintigraphy using 201Tl may be useful in detecting mesothelioma. Clearer tumour localization is possible with SPECT.