Open AccessTechnetium-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake in the brachialis muscle hematoma in a patient with prostate cancer and coagulation disorder mimicking bone metastasis evaluated by single-photon emission tomography-computed tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran,
Vyshakh Mohanan,
Devdas Madhavan,
Ajit Shinto
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.121969
Subject(s) - medicine , tomography , single photon emission computed tomography , emission computed tomography , bone scintigraphy , nuclear medicine , radiology , bone metastasis , technetium 99m , metastasis , prostate cancer , computed tomography , hematoma , coagulation disorder , scintigraphy , cancer , positron emission tomography , coagulation
We report a case of 79-year-old male with prostate cancer and coagulation disorder presented with left shoulder pain. He underwent bone scintigraphy to rule out metastasis, which showed intense foci of tracer activity in the left axilla. Hybrid single-photon emission tomography-computed tomography (SPECT/CT) of the shoulder region localized tracer uptake to the left brachialis muscle hematoma.