Extensive extra-osseous accumulation of (99m)Tc-hydroximethylene diphosphonate in a patient with unsuspected dermatomyositis: Whole-body scintigraphy and SPECT/CT

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2014 Jul-Aug;33(4):255-6. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2013.10.004. Epub 2014 Jan 14.

Authors

Aurora Sainz Esteban¹, María Luisa González Selma², María Ángeles Ruiz-Gómez², Paloma García-Talavera San Miguel², Claudia Gamazo Laherrán², Roberto Olmos García²

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Medicina Nuclear del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: aurorasainz10@hotmail.com.
² Servicio de Medicina Nuclear del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.

PMID: 24438913
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2013.10.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dermatomyositis / diagnostic imaging*
Dermatomyositis / metabolism
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / analogs & derivatives*
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / pharmacokinetics
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
Whole Body Imaging*

Substances

technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate