RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Utility of <sup>111</sup>In-Cl<sub>3</sub> Scintigraphy for Differentiating Between Bone Marrow Reconversion and Bone Metastasis with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 63
OP 64
DO 10.2967/jnmt.117.197913
VO 46
IS 1
A1 Okuda, Shoji
A1 Nishibori, Hironori
A1 Hoshi, Hiroaki
YR 2018
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/46/1/63.abstract
AB Indium chloride (111In-Cl3) scintigraphy has been used to evaluate various hematologic diseases for many years. However, there have been few reports on patients with bone marrow reconversion showing high uptake in 111In-Cl3 scintigraphy. Here, we report the case of a 68-y-old man with esophageal cancer who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for staging of the disease. In the first lumbar vertebral body, 18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated high uptake that made it difficult to distinguish bone metastasis from bone marrow reconversion. 111In-Cl3 scintigraphy demonstrated specific findings with high uptake in the lesion, indicating bone marrow hyperplasia or reconversion.