| ORIGINAL ARTICLE |
|
| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 1 | Page : 46-49 |
|
|
The Role of Octreotate Scan in Discrimination of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Fariba Rezaeetalab1, Kamran Aryana2, Davood Attaran3, Reza Bagheri4, Farshid Nattagh3, Shahrzad Mohamadzadeh Lari3
1 Department of General Surgery, Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Reza Bagheri
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad
Iran
  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.138574 PMID: 25191112 
|
|
|
Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is one of the most controversial clinical findings in patients. The aim of this study is to use 99m Tc-ethylenediamine diacetic acid/hydrazine nicotinamide (HYNIC)-TATE scan technique to evaluate nodules. From 2008 to 2010, 21 patients with SPN underwent 99m Tc-HYNIC-TATE scan after the initial assessment with high-resolution computed tomography and then accurate histopathologic diagnosis was established by trans-thoracic needle biopsy, Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery and thoracotomy. After demographic evaluations, specificity and sensitivity of this method was studied. A total of 21 patients were included in our study, of which 12 patients were male and 9 were female. Their mean age was 45 ± 14.3 years. About 43% of the patients were symptom-free and in patients with pulmonary complaints, the most prevalent symptom was cough. Final histopathology tests and clinical follow-up proved that 14 cases (67%) were benign and 7 (33%) were malignant. The diagnostic technique used in our study had no false negative and there were only 3 cases of false positive. Sensitivity and specificity of this method are 100% and 79%, respectively and the diagnostic accuracy is 86%. 99m Tc-HYNIC-TATE scan can be helpful in evaluating patients with SPN and to reach a sensible decision on the method of treatment. |
|
|
|
| [FULL TEXT] [PDF]* |
|
 |
|
Users Online: 307 
