title: 99mTc-MDP Uptake in Diffuse Pleural Recurrences of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinoma.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma segmental palliative resection underwent a Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy to evaluate possible osseous metastases. The static images revealed diffuse elevated activity in the left hemithorax, more prominent in the lower thorax, which is suggestive of malignant pleural effusion. However, SPECT/CT images showed that the elevated activity was from pleura-based soft tissue masses, which were confirmed as recurrent tumor pathologically after biopsy.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Taisong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wenli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate