Open AccessMetastatic superscan on99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy in a case of carcinoma colon: Common finding but rare etiology
Author(s) -
Partha Sarathi Chakraborty,
Punit Sharma,
Sellam Karunanithi,
Chandrasekhar Bal,
Rakesh Kumar
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.136569
Subject(s) - medicine , bone scintigraphy , malignancy , genitourinary system , etiology , scintigraphy , prostate , lung , colorectal cancer , prostate cancer , pathology , bone metastasis , radiology , carcinoma , metastatic carcinoma , cancer
Bone scintigraphy in which there is excessive skeletal radioisotope uptake in relation to soft tissues along with absent or faint activity in the genitourinary tract is known as a 'superscan'. Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy associated with superscan along with others such as lung cancer, breast cancer and haematological malignancies. Here we present the case of a 41 year old woman with carcinoma colon with metastatic superscan on (99m)Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy, a very rare cause for metastatic superscan.