NON-OSSEOUS UPTAKES OF TC-99M PHOSPHONATE DURING THREE PHASE BONE SCAN

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  • M.A. Taher Nuclear Medicine Centre, Post Box No.-16 Rangpur-5400, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Bone scan, Non-osseous Uptake

Abstract

Objective : The purpose of this study was to visualize non-osseous uptakes of bone scanning agent.

Methods : Amongst 51 patients (M21, F30) of age range 8-80 years having three phase bone scan at NNC, Rangpur during January 2000 to January 2002, we looked for non-osseous uptake.

Results : Twenty four patients had non-osseous uptakes of 99 metastable technetium methylenediphosphonate (99m Tc MDP), 19 in kidneys (14 in right, 4 in left kidney, one patient showing hold-up in both kidneys), 3 in breasts (2 in left, 1 in right breast), and two patients had lung uptakes. Renal, pulmonary and mammary uptakes of this series are not always due to malignant process, however, one patient had cisplatin nephrotoxicity.

Conclusion : Non-osseous uptake of bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical is quite common (24/51 i.e. about 48% in this series), however, most of these may be nonmalignant.

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Published

2023-04-16

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Taher M. NON-OSSEOUS UPTAKES OF TC-99M PHOSPHONATE DURING THREE PHASE BONE SCAN. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 16 [cited 2024 Dec. 11];9(1):83-4. Available from: https://www.asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/637

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