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Table 1 Series of Primary Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNET) of the Thymus, studied by Somatostatin Receptors Scintigraphy (SRS) with 111In-DTPA-D-Phe 1-pentetreotide.

From: Interpretation of the post-surgical Somatostatin Receptor Scintigram of a Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Thymus: a case report and literature review

Author

Year

No of cases

Results

Zahner et al [15]

1994

1

Positive

Cadigan et al [7]

1995

1

Positive

Teh et al [16]

1998

3

Positive

Lastoria et al [8]

1998

3

Positive

Satta et al [9]

1999

2

Positive

Grimfjard et al [17]

2002

3

2 positive/1 Negative

Gibril et al [5]*

2003

8

Positive

Plachcinska et al [18]**

2004

1

Positive

Loehrer et al [10]

2004

6

Positive

  1. * 5 cases with initial and 3 with recurrent thymic carcinoid
  2. ** SRS with 99 mTc-EDDA/HYNIC-TOC