Indium-111 octreotide uptake in the surgical scar

B Degirmenci1, R Bekis, M Sen

  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. degirmenci@kordon.deu.edu.tr

Indium-111 octreotide uptake has been reported in various somatostatin receptor positive tumors, granulomas and autoimmune diseases in which activated leucocytes may play a role, subcutaneous cavernous hemangioma and angiofibroma. We present Indium-111 octreotide uptake in a surgical abdominal scar tissue 1.5 and 6 months after surgery in a patient who had been treated for recurrent carcinoid tumor in the rectosigmoid junction. Indium-111 octreotide uptake in a surgical scar may be related to the binding to somatostatin receptors in the activated lymphocytes and fibroblasts that is previously reported.