Open AccessIs femoral uptake of Tc99m-methylene diphosphonate on bone scintigraphy in bronchogenic carcinoma an alarming sign: A case report and brief review of literature?
Author(s) -
Rayamajhi Sampanna Jung,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Sampath Somanna,
Ashwani Sood,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Rakesh Kapoor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.135779
Subject(s) - medicine , bone scintigraphy , bronchogenic carcinoma , scintigraphy , radiology , lung cancer , carcinoma , femur , lung , sign (mathematics) , bone metastasis , nuclear medicine , metastasis , cancer , pathology , surgery , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Detection of skeletal metastasis in patients with lung cancer is important from management point of view. We report the bone scan finding in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma showing isolated abnormal tracer in femur and having a characteristic appearance in computed tomography, highlighting the importance of bone scan in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.