title: Case report: uptake of pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid by pigmented villonodular synovitis: comparison with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and gallium-67 scintigraphy.
abstract: The scintigraphic findings of a patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis are described and compared with the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data. Intense uptake of pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid without gallium-67 citrate uptake indicates that pigmented villonodular synovitis has the features of a hyperplastic or neoplastic lesion rather than an inflammatory lesion from the point of view of nuclear medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotoura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D004113:Succimer; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer