title: Diffuse abdominal uptake of technetium-99m-HDP after colectomy in Gardner's syndrome.
abstract: A 37-yr-old man presented with increasing abdominal girth and multiple palpable intra-abdominal masses 3 yr after colectomy for polyposis coli. Whole-body skeletal scintigraphy performed prior to laparotomy demonstrated diffuse abdominal uptake of 99mTc-HDP consistent with mesenteric fibromatosis confirmed at surgery. When diffuse abdominal uptake of skeletal imaging agents occurs in patients with prior colectomy for polyposis coli, mesenteric fibromatosis as a manifestation of Gardner's syndrome should be suspected. This case illustrates another cause of diffuse abdominal uptake of skeletal imaging agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Alber
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Scheidt
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Fajman
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003082:Colectomy; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005736:Gardner Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate