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Soft-tissue tumors: diagnosis with Tc-99m (V) dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy.

PURPOSE: To assess the potential of technetium-99m (V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy for diagnosis of soft-tissue tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy was performed in 76 patients with histologic proof of soft-tissue tumors. In 57 of these patients, gallium-67 citrate scintigraphy was performed within 2 weeks after Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy. RESULTS: Uptake of Tc-99m (V) DMSA was clearly detected in almost all sarcomas, metastatic carcinomas, highly recurrent benign tumors (ie, extra-abdominal desmoids and tenosynovial giant cell tumors), superficial and deep hemangiomas, and granulomatous soft-tissue lesions but was not found in other benign solid tumors of soft tissue. Uptake of Ga-67 citrate was clearly detected in all inflammatory lesions and metastatic carcinomas, eight of 14 sarcomas (57%), and two of 10 highly recurrent benign tumors (20%) but was not found in hemangiomas or benign soft-tissue tumors. CONCLUSION: Low-grade malignant and highly recurrent benign lesions, which often recur after surgery, were detected more accurately with Tc-99m (V) DMSA scintigraphy than with Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy.[1]

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  1. Soft-tissue tumors: diagnosis with Tc-99m (V) dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy. Kobayashi, H., Sakahara, H., Hosono, M., Shirato, M., Endo, K., Kotoura, Y., Yamamuro, T., Konishi, J. Radiology. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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