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Concentration of Tc-99m MDP in ovarian carcinoma and its soft tissue metastases. Clin Nucl Med 1991 Aug;16(8):550-2

Date

08/01/1991

Pubmed ID

1934805

DOI

10.1097/00003072-199108000-00003

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026210820 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   19 Citations

Abstract

A patient with ovarian carcinoma was evaluated for skeletal metastasis with a routine whole body bone scan. Although no bone metastases were visualized, there was dramatic accumulation of tracer in the soft tissues of the abdomen. CT revealed calcifying soft tissue metastases on the liver surface, the bowel serosa, and in the pelvis corresponding to the abnormal areas of Tc-99m MDP uptake. Tumor necrosis and ongoing calcification within the metastatic sites are possible explanations for this unusual soft tissue concentration of the bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical. In patients with metastatic ovarian carcinoma, careful review of extraosseous regions on bone scan images may provide valuable diagnostic information.

Author List

Beres RA, Patel N, Krasnow AZ, Isitman AT, Hellman RS, Veluvolu P, Patillo RS, Collier BD

Author

Robert A. Beres MD Associate Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Abdominal Neoplasms
Adult
Bone Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Papillary
Female
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms
Radionuclide Imaging
Soft Tissue Neoplasms
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate