title: Tc99m-MDP uptake in ascitic fluid in a patient with prostate carcinoma: A clue to detect metastases.
abstract: Bone scintigraphy with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP) is used to detect metastases in patients with cancer. Uptake in non-osseous, non-urologic tissues is occasionally found in the routine bone scintigraphy, which may mimic as metastatic lesions. The authors describe the case of a 70-year-old man with prostate cancer, showing diffuse tracer uptake in the left hemithorax and entire abdomen on bone scan that required additional imaging modality for localization. Careful interpretation is needed of the unusual uptake of radiotracer in regions other than the skeleton for metastatic work up.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors: Dhritiman
authors: D
authors: Chakraborty
authors: Kuruva
authors: K
authors: Manohar
authors: Koramadai Karuppuswamy
authors: KK
authors: Kamleshwaran
authors: Anish
authors: A
authors: Bhattacharya
authors: Baljinder
authors: B
authors: Singh
authors: Bhagwant Rai
authors: BR
authors: Mittal
keywords: Ascitic uptake; SPECT/CT; Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy; prostate cancer