Concentration of 99mTechnetium polyphosphate in fibrothorax following pneumonectomy.
Following the injection of 99mTechnetium-polyphosphate for bone scanning, a diffuse accumulation of radioactivity in post-pneumonectomy fibrothorax was demonstrated in 3 patients. This substantiates the nonspecificity of the localization of 99mTc-phosphorus compounds, and underlines the need for close clinical correlation in the accurate interpretation of such scans.
D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*
D010710:Phosphates; D013667:Technetium