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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2008; 14(34): 5349-5352
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5349
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5349
A “false positive” octreoscan in ileal Crohn’s disease
Alberto Fernandez, Gastroenterology Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo 36211, Spain
Olga Tabuenca, Nuclear Medicine Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo 36211, Spain
Angeles Peteiro, Pathology Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo 36211, Spain
Author contributions: Fernandez A, Tabuenca O and Peteiro A contributed equally to this work and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Alberto Fernandez, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital POVISA, c/ Salamanca 5, Vigo (Pontevedra) 36211. Spain. afvillaverde@gmail.com
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Received: May 24, 2008
Revised: July 28, 2008
Accepted: August 4, 2008
Published online: September 14, 2008
Revised: July 28, 2008
Accepted: August 4, 2008
Published online: September 14, 2008
Abstract
We present a case report of a patient with a suspicious ileal carcinoid tumour. Clinical examination as well as computer tomography (CT) scan suggested a tumour. Octeotride scan showed uptake in the same bowel loop reported as pathological in CT. The patient underwent surgery and biopsy which reported Crohn’s disease (CD). The interest in the case is due to the fact that this is, to the best of our knowledge, the second report of Crohn’s disease as a cause of false positive octeotride scan. Unfortunately, no somatostatin receptors could be found in the sample, so further studies should be performed.
Keywords: Crohn’s disease; Carcinoid tumour; Octreoscan; Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy; 111In- DTPA- octreotido