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