ADRENAL (MIBG) SCAN (Y46,450)

131I-MIBG (META-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE)

1.PREPARATION
-(7DAYS) START KI (POTASSIUM),300mg (3TIMES / DAY), TO BLOCK THYROID UPTAKE.

-TAKE IMAGES 2 DAYS POST 131I-MIBG INJECTION.

    *----------------------7DAYS------------*-------------------2DAYS-------------------*
START(KI)                                          INJECT(131I)                                            START IMAGING

2.PROCEDURE+EXAMINATION TIME

-(2DAYS) POST INJECTION START IMAGING.
(2DAYS POST 131I-MIBG INJECTION), (STATIC), (256*256), (PRESET TIME=30MIN), (SUPINE), (ANT,POST), (HEGAP), (I WINDOW=364KEV,20%), (TOTAL TIME=60MIN)

3.DOSE
131I-MIBG = 20MBq (0.5mCi)

*POSITIVE UPTAKE
-ADRENALMEDULLARY HYPERPLASIA
-MEN 2a AN b
-NORMAL ADRENAL MEDULLA
-PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
-PHYSIOLOGIC (LIVER, SPLEEN, BLADDER, BOWEL, SALIVARY, HEART,THYROID,ETC.)