Adenomyosis as seen on blood flow and blood pool imaging during bone scintigraphy.
A 42-year-old woman presented with intermittent low back and left lower extremity pain. The blood flow and blood pool images of bone scintigraphy showed a large focus of increased activity in the right lower abdomen. Computed tomography showed an enlarged uterus displaced to the right side of the pelvis. At surgery, the uterus was found to be involved with adenomyosis. Three-phase bone scintigraphy consisting of blood flow and blood pool images over the anterior pelvis may be a valuable diagnostic aid in the evaluation of lower back or pelvic pain of a woman.
Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.
A J
AJ
Moreno
E J
EJ
Pacheco
A L
AL
Carpenter
A A
AA
Rodriguez
G L
GL
Turnbull
D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013997:Time Factors; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate