Kodama F, Suto Y, Iwamiya T, Tanigawa N, Ohta Y
Department of Radiology, Tottori University, School of Medicine.
Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1994 Sep 25;54(10):1044-6.
N-isopropyl-p-[123I] Iodoamphetamine (IMP) scintigraphy was performed in 10 lesions of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Five of 10 lesions (50%) were detected with planar images, which was superior to the 2 of 8 lesions (25%) detected with 67Ga-citrate (Ga) scintigraphy. The positive ratio was increased to 83% (5/6) with SPECT. Thus our findings suggested that IMP could compensate for Ga scintigraphy in detecting distant metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma.