Accumulation of 99mTc methylene diphosphonate in malignant pleural and ascitic effusion

Oncology. 1984;41(6):427-30. doi: 10.1159/000225870.

Abstract

Increased accumulation of radioactivity was observed in malignant pleural and ascitic effusion as to a patient with stomach cancer and in malignant pleural effusions as to 2 patients (1 with breast cancer and another with lung cancer) during the performance of routine whole-body bone scans with 99mTc methylene diphosphonate. This finding should strongly suggest malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ascites / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diphosphonates*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
  • Technetium*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • Diphosphonates
  • Technetium
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate