99MTc-diphosphonate uptake in neuroblastoma.
Marked uptake of 99mTc-diphosphonate was noted in an extraadrenal neuroblastoma. Calcification was not demonstrable on radiographic or light microscopic examination, nor was crystalline material identified on electron microscopic examination; capillaries in the lesion appeared to be intact. Similar uptake of phosphate radiopharmaceuticals by a variety of lesions has been reported, and possible mechanisms for this phenomenon are discussed.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014567:Urography
D063065:Organophosphonates; D013667:Technetium