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Physiological expression of pancreatic somatostatin receptors in 99mTc-HYNIC-TOC scintigraphy
L de la Cueva1, P Lloro2, M J Sangrós2
1Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain. ldelacueva@salud.aragon.es.
Purpose:
To describe the frequency of head and/or pancreas uncinate process uptake of 99mTc-HYNIC-TOC, to study its nature, and analyze its diagnostic value.
Materials And Methods:
Retrospective evaluation of 47 consecutive 99mTc-HYNIC-TOC examinations was conducted. Head and/or pancreas uncinate process uptake was considered to be physiological in patients with normal CT at the same episode and in follow-up. It was analyzed if age or diabetes mellitus was justifying the existence or not of uptake.
Results:
32.5% patients showed uptake; 73% of them were mild. 84.6% patients with uptake have no pathology and 4% had neuroendocrine pancreatic disease at CT. Neither the age nor the diabetes mellitus established differences in patients without lesion.
Conclusions:
Near one-third of patients show physiological uptake by head and/or pancreas uncinate process at 99mTc-HYNIC-TOC scintigraphy. It seems that neither the diabetes nor the ages are factors that determine this physiological uptake.
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