Pneumonia can cause 111indium octreotide uptake

Australas Radiol. 2006 Jun;50(3):218-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01565.x.

Abstract

An 18-year-old woman underwent an (111)In octreotide scan for evaluation of a possible insulinoma. This showed mildly increased radiopharmaceutical uptake involving the right lung base. The patient reported a productive cough for 5 days before the octreotide scan. A chest radiograph was taken, which showed increased airspace opacification in the right lower lobe, corresponding to the uptake seen on the octreotide scan. After a course of oral antibiotics, the patient's chest symptoms improved and the radiograph opacification resolved, confirming the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. This case stresses the need to correlate scan results with the patient's presentation and symptoms to avoid false-positive data.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insulinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Octreotide / pharmacokinetics
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

  • indium-111-octreotide
  • Octreotide