Unexpected Artifact on 99m Tc-Methylene Diphosphonate Bone Scintigraphy.
| Autor: | Salih SG; Department of Radiography and Medical Imaging, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; and salim_suliman@hotmail.com.; Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Sudan., Osman AO; Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Sudan., Alkatheeri AM; Department of Radiography and Medical Imaging, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; and., Hassaneen MB; Department of Radiography and Medical Imaging, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; and. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nuclear medicine technology [J Nucl Med Technol] 2024 Dec 04; Vol. 52 (4), pp. 360-361. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 04. |
| DOI: | 10.2967/jnmt.124.267795 |
| Abstrakt: | Asymmetric hot spots in the axial skeleton on bone scintigraphy may confound diagnosis. We describe an unexpected artifact of 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate near the breast in a 55-y-old woman with breast cancer. The initial whole-body bone scintigraphy revealed a solitary focal lesion in the anterior ribs on the left side. After careful tracking, we determined that this hot spot originated from the adhesive bandage. The patient had placed it in her left front pocket after removing it from the injection site. She was rescanned after the bandage had been removed from her pocket. (© 2024 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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