title: Accumulation of Tc-99m MDP in amyloidosis involving the tongue.
abstract: Radionuclide bone imaging using Tc-99m phosphates may show accumulation of activity in amyloid deposits. While many sites of amyloidosis have been detected with bone imaging, many reports center on cardiac amyloidosis. The case reported here demonstrates accumulation of Tc-99m MDP in amyloidosis involving the skin and muscle, including the tongue.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Department of Radiology, Richmond.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tatum
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fratkin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications; D009132:Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014059:Tongue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate