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Nuklearmedizin 2024; 63(01): 45-47
DOI: 10.1055/a-2198-0684
Case Report

Nonosseous bone seeking tracer focal uptake in the conventional scintigraphy

Extraskelettaler fokaler Knochentraceruptake in der konventionellen Szintigrafie
Manfred Fischer
1   Praxis f. Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Strahlentherapie, 3 Praxis für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Strahlentherapie, Kassel, Germany
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Jan Schneider-Eicke
2   Nuklearmedizin, Radiologisches Zentrum München, D-81245 München, Pippinger Str. 25, Germany
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Scintigraphy with bone-seeking tracers is used frequently for evaluation of focal abnormalities of bone metabolism. Tracer uptake depends on multiple physiological and pathological factors. For tracer uptake in extra-osseous tissues multiple etiologies are described. In patients showing intra-pulmonary uptake of bone-seeking tracers, exact differentiation of the etiology is mandatory for trageted therapy. In this case by fusion technique of CT and SPECT images 2 focal intra-pulmonary hot spots were localized in pulmonary arteries in a prostate cancer patient.



Publication History

Received: 05 October 2023

Accepted: 25 October 2023

Article published online:
22 November 2023

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