title: Incidental detection of pericardial effusion on bone scan.
abstract: The patient was a 57-year-old man with lung cancer. He was referred to nuclear medicine department for the evaluation of bone metastases. Bone scintigraphy was performed with 99mTc-labeled HDP. An abnormal photopenic area around the heart was seen on blood pool images. Delayed image of the thorax was normal. Chest x-ray study and echocardiography were performed to reveal the abnormality. Asymptomatic pericardial effusion was diagnosed in the corresponding area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. kemalunal@dr.com
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guner
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging