99mTc(V)-DMSA SPECT-CT findings in a case of Gorham-Stout disease

Nucl Med Rev Cent East Eur. 2015;18(2):97-101. doi: 10.5603/NMR.2015.0023.

Abstract

The Gorham-Stout disease is a very rare condition, characterized by lymphovascular proliferation and massive bone resorption. We present a 48-year-old male patient with osteolysis involving the left femoral head and neck, as well as to the ipsilateral acetabulum. Besides the morphological imaging, he underwent bone scintigraphy, technetium-99m-V-dimercaptosuccinic acid [99mTc(V)-DMSA] single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) and histological examination. Together these findings gave the definitive diagnosis. This is the first case ever published with 99mTc(V)-DMSA SPECT-CT. Advances on the knowledge of disease suggests that this imaging procedure could have utility in diagnosis and evaluation of the disease activity and therapy response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Femur / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Osteolysis, Essential / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid