title: Methylene diphosphonate uptake in a case of vertebral hemangioma: demonstration with hybrid SPECT/CT.
abstract: Osseous hemangiomas are usually asymptomatic. Symptomatic hemangiomas are rare and represent approximately 1% of all cases. Hemangiomas usually present as photopenic defects in methylene diphosphonate (MDP) bone scintigraphy. MDP uptake in vertebral hemangiomas is extremely rare. We report a 20-year-old woman who presented with upper back pain. MDP bone scan showed focus of MDP uptake in the seventh dorsal vertebra. SPECT/CT localized the uptake to vertebral body and transverse process with CT findings suggestive of hemangioma. Further, MRI also confirmed hemangioma in the same location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhoil
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Harisankar
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Paramjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; C027474:methylene diphosphonate