PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elahe Pirayesh
AU  - Mahasti Amoui
AU  - Majid Assadi
TI  - <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Octreotide Uptake in the Uterus and a Subserosal Myoma Mimicking Tumoral Masses
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.113.131581
DP  - 2014 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 77--78
VI  - 42
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/1/77.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/1/77.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2014 Mar 01; 42
AB  - The diagnostic usefulness of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in the localization of tumors has been evaluated in several studies. Here, we present the case of a patient with a subserosal myoma diagnosed by 99mTc-labeled octreotide acetate scintigraphy. Oval and ring-shaped areas of hyperactivity in the pelvis were confirmed on MR imaging to be the uterus and a subserosal myoma. The presented case indicates that somatostatin receptors may be present in the uterus and in leiomyomas, especially in young women, and demonstrates that somatostatin may be a promising therapy for treatment of myoma. The case also demonstrates that subserosal myoma or dislocation of the uterus can result in a false-positive diagnosis, highlighting the importance of correlative imaging for accurate interpretation of the study.