Multiple metastases of soft tissue visualized by technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate scintigraphy: A case report
| Autor: | Flavio Barchetti, Camilla Proietti Semproni, Mauro Liberatore, Domenico Giannotti, Gregorio Patrizi, Pietro Gallo, Stefania Rebonato, Giandomenico Miscusi, Valentina Megna |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Soft Tissue Neoplasm Colorectal cancer Soft tissue metastasis Case Report Soft Tissue Neoplasms BMP Heterotopic bone formation Metastatic disease Ossification nidus Scintigraphic bone scan Medicine (all) Adenocarcinoma Scintigraphy Surgical oncology medicine Humans Radionuclide Imaging Medicine(all) Diphosphonates medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Soft tissue Organotechnetium Compounds General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Colonic Neoplasms Radiology Lymph Tomography X-Ray Computed business Technetium-99m |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Popis: | Introduction Lungs and liver are the most common sites of colorectal cancer metastases after regional lymph nodes, but metastases to unusual sites are reported. Heterotopic bone formation in soft tissues from colorectal cancer is a rare metastatic occurrence. Case presentation We present the case of a 29-year-old Caucasian man affected by colon adenocarcinoma with multiple soft tissue metastases visualized by magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography scan and scintigraphic bone scan. We suppose that these findings can be due to the fact that the tracer is concentrated in the ossification nidus of soft metastases. Conclusions Our experience suggests that, in the presence of colon adenocarcinoma, a bone scan could be a sensible tool to highlight bone lesions or heterotopic bone nidus in soft tissues and that any subcutaneous lesion should be resected to avoid underestimating a potential malignancy. |
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