Pulmonary metastases on bone scan in a patient with osteogenic sarcoma.

Pulmonary metastases on bone scan in a patient with osteogenic sarcoma.

This paper describes a young man who was treated with amputation for osteogenic sarcoma of the lower end of the right tibia. Pre-operative whole body bone scan with 99 mTc did not reveal abnormal tracer concentration in the lungs. A similar follow-up bone scan six months post-operatively demonstrate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shikare S, Tilve G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1992-10-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Adolescent
Amputation
Biopsy
Bone Neoplasms
pathology
surgery
Case Report
Human
Lung Neoplasms
radionuclide imaging
secondary
Male
Osteosarcoma
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
diagnostic use
Tibia
Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1992;volume=38;issue=4;spage=201;epage=2,198;aulast=Shikare
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Summary:This paper describes a young man who was treated with amputation for osteogenic sarcoma of the lower end of the right tibia. Pre-operative whole body bone scan with 99 mTc did not reveal abnormal tracer concentration in the lungs. A similar follow-up bone scan six months post-operatively demonstrated an area of abnormal tracer concentration in the lower lobe of each lung.
ISSN:0022-3859
0972-2823

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