Table 1

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

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

* 5 cases with initial and 3 with recurrent thymic carcinoid

** SRS with 99 mTc-EDDA/HYNIC-TOC

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