Accumulation of 99mTc methylene diphosphonate in malignant pleural and ascitic effusion.
Increased accumulation of radioactivity was observed in malignant pleural and ascitic effusion as to a patient with stomach cancer and in malignant pleural effusions as to 2 patients (1 with breast cancer and another with lung cancer) during the performance of routine whole-body bone scans with 99mTc methylene diphosphonate. This finding should strongly suggest malignancy.
D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D004164:Diphosphonates; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate