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Neil Thomson1, Carolina Pina1, Humayun Bashir1
1Nuclear Medicine Department, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation NHS Trust, Canterbury, UK.
Abstract:
A 76 year old patient was referred for Indium111 Octreotide scan to look for primary tumour and extent of neuroendocrine metastases. Indium 111 Octreotide scan showed a liver packed with centrally necrotic metastases like doughnuts packed in a box. No primary lesion was identified in this scan.
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