Open AccessExtraosseous99mTc-methylene diphosphonate uptake on bone scan: Unusual scenario
Author(s) -
Shashwat Verma,
Narvesh Kumar,
Subhash Chand Kheruka,
Sanjay Gambhir
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.190799
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , bone imaging , technetium 99 , technetium , radionuclide imaging , radiology , technetium 99m , scintigraphy
In nuclear medicine, 99 mTc-methylene diphosphonate. (MDP) bone scan is one of the most commonly performed procedures. MDP uptake in nonosseous tissues is occasionally found in bone scan, and the knowledge of these kinds of extraosseous uptakes is of much clinical relevance. We report here two cases where bone scan showed extraosseous MDP uptake either hepatic or splenic apart from the physiological skeletal uptake.