title: Intense 99mTc-MDP and 18F-NaF Activity in Long-standing Subcutaneous Implants.
abstract: A 64-year-old woman with a newly diagnosed left breast cancer underwent a presurgical Tc-MDP whole-body imaging, which showed 1 intense activity in the midline upper abdomen and another overlapping the upper thoracic spine. An F-NaF PET/CT scan performed a day later also revealed the elevated activity in the same regions. The activity corresponded to calcified subcutaneous implants, which were placed there more than 30 years ago.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliate Hospital of Southwest University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhanwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate