Case report: uptake of pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid by pigmented villonodular synovitis: comparison with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and gallium-67 scintigraphy.
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.
Kobayashi
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Department of Radiology, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Kotoura
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Hosono
M
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Sakahara
H
H
Yamamuro
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T
Endo
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K
Konishi
J
J
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
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer