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L M Lieberman

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Utility of 24 hour bone scan in evaluation of bone involvement by soft tissue sarcoma.

Accumulation of Tc-99m MDP in soft tissue malignancies occurs frequently. When tumor overlaps adjacent bone structures, the bone margins can be indiscernible on a regular bone scan. Additional views should be taken to differentiate bone from tumor, however, separation is sometimes difficult and not always successful. This report presents a patient in whom accumulation of Tc-99m MDP in a liposarcoma of the thigh disappeared on a 24 hour scan and bone margins were seen clearly. A possible mechanism for this phenomenon and its utility are discussed.

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Distribution studies of 111In-oxine-labeled peritoneal mononuclear cells in tumor-bearing rats.

We studied the distribution of 111In-labeled peritoneal mononuclear cells (PMC) in Sprague-Dawley rats with carcinosarcoma (CS) tumor. We obtained PMC from normal rats and rats pretreated with BCG or irradiated CS cells as antigenic stimulant. PMC were labeled in-vitro with 111In-oxine and transferred by tail-vein injection to rats bearing CS tumor. Twenty-four, 48 and 72 h after PMC transfer, we measured the accumulation of these cells in the CS tumor as a percentage of dose radioactivity per gram of tumor using an external gamma-ray camera. PMC from normal and BCG treated donor rats accumulated 0.4% and 0.46% dose per gram of CS tumor respectively. PMC from donor rats given killed CS cells accumulated significantly greater concentrations of 111In (0.79% dose per gram of CS tumor, P less than 0.025). Thus killed CS cells were able to sensitize the PMC of normal rats. 111In-oxine-labeling is an elegant procedure to study the distribution of mononuclear cells in tumors.

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The in vivo distribution of indium-111 labeled in vitro alloactivated syngeneic lymphocytes in a patient with relapsed acute myelomonocytic leukemia: implications for adoptive chemoimmunotherapy.

A single patient who had a leukemic relapse six months after receiving a syngeneic bone marrow transplant was given "adoptive chemoimmunotherapy." Lymphocytes from the patients identical twin were alloactivated and grown in T cell growth factor in vitro. After receiving chemotherapy to reduce the number of relapsed leukemia cells, he received 1.1 X 10(10) in vitro alloactivated twin lymphocytes via intravenous and intraperitoneal injections. Although progressive Candidal pneumonia was fatal and prevented analysis of either efficacy or delayed toxicity of this potential form of therapy for this patient, radioactive 111In labelling and scanning showed dissemination of these lymphocytes following either injection route, with no clinical evidence of immediate toxicity.

Adult

Scintigraphic assessment of perivesical urinary extravasation following renal transplantation.

Radionuclide scintigraphy is a safe and accurate means of detecting postoperative urologic complications in renal transplant recipients. Early identification of urinary leakage coupled with aggressive intervention significantly reduces the associated morbidity and mortality. Perivesical extravasate may be difficult to distinguish from adjacent or nearby bladder activity on scintiscan. Clarification of actual bladder contour and determination of its exact location within the pelvis may resolve such uncertainties. We describe imaging techniques that define the anatomic extent of the bladder and demonstrate our scintigraphic assessment of perivesical extravasation.

Adult

Unsuspected extra-abdominal sites of infection: scintigraphic detection with indium-111-labeled leukocytes.

Scintigraphy with indium-111-labeled leukocytes (In-111-WBC) was assessed in 128 patients with suspected abdominal-pelvic abscesses. Studies were positive in 37 of 41 patients with proved abscesses, in two of two with infected aortic grafts, and in 12 of 15 with other infections; studies were negative in 63 of 70 cases without infection. The sensitivity of leukocyte scintigraphy in this series was 88%, specificity 90%, and accuracy 89%. Sixteen percent of all patients studied with In-111-WBC scintigraphy had unexpected sites of infection outside the abdomen. Of the 58 patients with proved infection, 20 (34%) had alterations in diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic regimens due to such findings.

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