Open AccessExtraosseous Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate concentration in the forearm following post-mastectomy lymphatic obstruction
Author(s) -
Anish Bhattacharya,
Madan Parmar,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.110696
Subject(s) - medicine , forearm , lymphatic system , scintigraphy , radical mastectomy , modified radical mastectomy , soft tissue , mastectomy , radiology , breast cancer , surgery , cancer , pathology
A 42-year-old female patient with a past history of right breast cancer and recent onset swelling of the right forearm underwent routine whole-body bone scintigraphy with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate, 2 years after a modified radical mastectomy. Diffuse soft tissue tracer concentration was seen in the right forearm. Subsequent lymphoscintigraphy using Tc-99m sulphur colloid revealed obstructed lymphatic drainage in the right upper limb.