Open AccessDetection of extramedullary hematopoietic tissue in a patient with beta-thalassemia major on Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy
Author(s) -
Varvara Valotassiou,
George Angelidis,
Sotiria Alexiou,
Dimitrios Psimadas,
Ioannis Tsougos,
Panagiotis Georgoulias
Publication year - 2019
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/ijnm.ijnm_115_19
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , extramedullary hematopoiesis , thorax (insect anatomy) , nuclear medicine , thalassemia , radiology , parathyroid hormone , parathyroid neoplasm , parathyroid adenoma , adenoma , haematopoiesis , pathology , anatomy , calcium , stem cell , biology , genetics
A 50-year-old man with beta-thalassemia major underwent Tc-99m sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy due to elevated parathyroid hormone and calcium serum levels. Single-photon emission computed tomography imaging of neck and thorax revealed a parathyroid adenoma, as well as increased tracer uptake in a paraspinal region in the right hemithorax, where X-ray and computed tomography of the thorax had shown previously a mass compatible with extramedullary hematopoietic tissue.