Photon deficient bone metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma with avid gallium-67 uptake.
While bone metastases producing photon deficient defects on bone scintigraphy have previously been reported, this finding has not been emphasized for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Furthermore, "filling-in" of such photon deficient defects with 67Ga at skeletal sites of metastatic HCC has not been described. In this case report, the combination of a photon deficient defect on bone scintigraphy and avid accumulation of 67Ga in this same area was of value in confirming the diagnosis of metastatic HCC.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes