Cold metastases detected by bone scintigraphy in aggressive lung cancer.
A case of a 55-year-old man was remitted to Traumatology Department to present back pain of two weeks of evolution. The results of bone scintigraphy and the patient's evolution allowed the diagnosis. This case report and a literature review showed the importance of using a routine bone scan in diagnosis of bone metastases.
Martínez Carsí
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Servei de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital 9 d'Octubre, València, Spain.
Ruíz Hernández
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Sánchez Marchori
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Oro Camps
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Perales Vila
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate