SPECT/CT imaging in 99mTc-PMT hepatobiliary scintigraphy to detect bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma

We report a 62-year-old man who presented with pain on the right side of his hip. CT revealed destructive masses in the right femur and left ilium. Histological examination indicated metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma, and further investigations revealed the primary tumor in the liver. Hepatob...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine Vol. 37; no. 10; p. 1011
Main Authors Ono, Yuko, Yamamoto, Yuka, Itoh, Senri, Arai, Hanae, Aga, Fumitoshi, Nishiyama, Yoshihiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2012
Subjects
Biliary Tract - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology
Humans
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Organotechnetium Compounds
Positron-Emission Tomography
Pyrrolidines
Tetracycline
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:We report a 62-year-old man who presented with pain on the right side of his hip. CT revealed destructive masses in the right femur and left ilium. Histological examination indicated metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma, and further investigations revealed the primary tumor in the liver. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy using 99mTc N-pyrydoxyl-5-methyltryptophan and fused SPECT/CT clearly showed abnormal accumulation in these bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma.
ISSN:1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825b23ea