Visualization of a malignant pericardial effusion with Tc-99m-EHDP.
Increased accumulation of radioactivity in a pericardial effusion was observed on a routine bone scan in a patient with known primary breast and lung carcinomas. A dynamic flow study and echocardiography confirmed the presence of the effusion. Microscopic examination of the pericardial fluid revealed the presence of malignant cells.
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D012968:Etidronic Acid; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C019561:technetium Tc 99m etidronate; D013667:Technetium; D012968:Etidronic Acid