title: Tc-99m pentavalent DMSA scintigraphy in myelofibrosis detection.
abstract: In a 62-year-old man with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, a postoperative Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid [(V) DMSA] study was requested. In the Tc-99m (V) DMSA scan. no abnormalities, indicating local recurrence or metastatic disease, were observed. However, there was increased uptake in the spleen and liver and significantly diffusely increased uptake in the bone marrow. The patient also had a history of myelofibrosis and these findings appear to have been the result of this pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Alexandra University Hospital, Athens, Greece. jtkoutsik@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Koutsikos
authors.forename: Antigone
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velidaki
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Athanasoulis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid