title: [A case of metastatic breast cancer showing extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-HMDP in axillary lymph nodes on bone scintigraphy].
abstract: We report a case of metastatic breast cancer that showed extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-HMDP in left axillary lymph nodes on bone scintigraphy. Our patient had a giant left breast mass and multiple lymph node metastases with atypical calcifications. It is known that breast cancer sometimes is positively visualized as extraosseous accumulation on bone scintigraphy. Accumulation to metastatic lymph nodes of breast cancer has rarely been reported. It is suggested that bone scintigraphy is of benefit in detecting the metastatic lymph nodes of breast cancer as a screening or follow-up method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate