[Thoracic soft tissue uptake on a bone scintigraphy. 2 cases].
Accumulation of bone seeking radiopharmaceuticals in soft tissue of the chest has many causes. We report two cases of 99m-Tc-HMDP uptake respectively in the lung, in a patient with localized amyloidosis, and on diaphragmatic metastasis of a PNET. Mechanisms of such uptake are discussed.
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Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed-V, BP 6614, Rabat-Instituts, Rabat, Morocco. abiyi@caramail.com
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Farik
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Zekri
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D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000175:diagnosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate