SPECT/CT imaging in 99mTc-PMT hepatobiliary scintigraphy to detect bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma.
We report a 62-year-old man who presented with pain on the right side of his hip. CT revealed destructive masses in the right femur and left ilium. Histological examination indicated metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma, and further investigations revealed the primary tumor in the liver. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy using 99mTc N-pyrydoxyl-5-methyltryptophan and fused SPECT/CT clearly showed abnormal accumulation in these bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma.
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Yuko
Y
Ono
Yuka
Y
Yamamoto
Senri
S
Itoh
Hanae
H
Arai
Fumitoshi
F
Aga
Yoshihiro
Y
Nishiyama
D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D013752:Tetracycline; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011759:Pyrrolidines; C057732:technetium Tc 99m pyrrolidino-methyltetracycline; D013752:Tetracycline