Radiopharmaceutical and Tracer
Indication
Indium-111 pentetreotide
An agent for the scintigraphic localization of primary and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET)bearing somatostatin receptors (SSTR)
Somatostatin receptors are most commonly found in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), including pancreatic islet cell tumors, carcinoid tumors, pituitary adenomas, medullary thyroid carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, paragangliomas, and small cell lung carcinoma; they are also present in certain brain tumors like medulloblastomas and meningiomas, as well as some subsets of lymphomas and certain types of gastrointestinal cancers.
Indium-111 oxyquinoline
Indicated for radiolabeling autologous leukocytes which may be used as an adjunct in the detection of inflammatory processes to which leukocytes migrate, such as those associated with abscesses or other infection
Indium-111 pentetate
For use in radionuclide cisternography
Technetium-99m exametazime
- (Ceretec only) as an adjunct in the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion in stroke
- Leukocyte labeled scintigraphy as an adjunct in the localization of intra abdominal infection and inflammatory bowel disease
Technetium-99m mertiatide
In patients > 30 days of age as a renal imaging agent for use in the diagnosis of:
- Congenital and acquired abnormalities
- Renal failure
- Urinary tract obstruction and calculi Diagnostic aid in providing:
- Renal function
- Split function
- Renal angiograms
- Renogram curves for whole kidney and renal cortex
Technetium-99m pentetate
- Brain imaging
- Kidney imaging: – To assess renal perfusion – To estimate glomerular filtration rate
- Lung ventilation imaging and evaluation of pulmonary embolism when paired with perfusion imaging in adult and pediatric patients
Technetium-99m pyrophosphate
- As a bone imaging agent to delineate areas of altered osteogenesis
- As a cardiac imaging agent used as an adjunct in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
- As a blood pool imaging agent useful for: – Gated blood pool imaging – Detection of sites of gastrointestinal bleeding
Technetium-99m succimer
"non-lyophilized"
- Indicated for use as an aid in the scintigraphic evaluation of renal parenchymal disorders in adults and pediatric patients including term neonates
Technetium-99m sulfur colloid
"non-lyophilized"
- Imaging areas of functioning retriculoendothelial cells in the liver, spleen and bone marrow*
- It is used orally for: – Esophageal transit studies* – Gastroesophageal reflux scintigraphy* – Detection of pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents*
- Aid in the evaluation of peritoneo-venous (LeVeen) shunt patency •
- To assist in the localization of lymph nodes draining a primary tumor in patients with breast cancer or malignant melanoma when used with a hand-held gamma counter
* Source – Cardinal Health