Cold sternal image as a sign of metastatic involvement.
Two cases are reported in which bone imaging with Tc-99m MDP showed sternal areas without tracer uptake corresponding to bone metastases compromising blood supply to the sternum itself. Radiographs were normal in both cases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate