Indium-Ill Octreotide Uptake in the Surgical Scar

Summary

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 lndium-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, lndium-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.

Zusammenfassung

In verschiedenen Somatostatinrezeptor-positiven Tumoren, Granulomen, bei Autoimmunerkrankungen, in denen aktivierte Leukozyten eine Rolle spielen, subcutanen kavernösen Hämangiomen und Angiofibromen wurde über die Anreicherung von lndium-111-Oktreotid berichtet. Wir berichten über die Anreicherung von lndium-111-Oktreotid in einer chirurgischen Narbe über dem Abdomen nach 1,5 und 6 Monaten bei einem Patienten mit einem Rezidiv-Karzinoid im rektosigmoidalen Übergang. Die Anreicherung von lndium-111-Oktreotid in chirurgischen Narbengewebe könnte in Zusammenhang stehen mit einer Bindung an Somatostatinrezeptoren in aktiverten Lymphozyten und Fibroblasten, über die schon berichtet wurde.

Key words

Wound healing - ln-111 octreotide scintigraphy - fibroblasts

Schlüsselwörter

Wundheilung - ln-111-Oktreotid-Szintigraphie - Fibroblasten

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