Persistent F-18 deoxyglucose and Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake in a lower extremity radiation port.
Four years after radiation therapy to the lower extremity for a bone metastasis, persistent F-18 FDG and Tc99m MDP uptake were noted in the radiation port. Presumably ongoing inflammatory cellular processes accounts for this finding.
Silverman
Eugene D
ED
Department of Radiology Nuclear Medicine Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA 92134-1204, USA. edsilverman@nmcsd.med.navy.mil.
Carson
William K
WK
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010025:Osteoradionecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate