title: Unusual Visualization of the Ilium in Lower-Extremity Radionuclide Venography With 99mTc MAA.
abstract: A 60-year-old man was admitted with dilated cardiomyopathy, right-sided heart failure, and massive ascites. Tc-labeled macroaggregated albumin radionuclide venography of the lower extremities was performed, which showed stagnated radioactivity in the heart chambers, decreased uptake in the lung, and increased uptake in the proximal main renal veins and hepatic vein. Unexpectedly, radioactive accumulation in the ilium was noted on subsequent images acquired 3 minutes later.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine; and ‡Department of Ultrasound, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhanli
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin