Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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$^{99m}Tc$-HDP Bone Scintigraphy Finding of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Bone Lesion Changed from Hot to Cold Lesion: Comparing with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT

$^{99m}Tc$-HDP 뼈스캔의 열소에서 냉소로 변한 신세포암 뼈전이 소견: $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT와의 비교

  • Seo, Young-Duk (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Min (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Kun-Ho (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital)
  • 서영덕 (충남대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김성민 (충남대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김근호 (충남대학교병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 2009.12.30
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Abstract

A 26-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma underwent $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy for detecting bony metastasis after left total nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed small hot lesion in the first lumbar spine. About 12 months later, he underwent spinal MRI for lower back pain. A large mass was seen around spinous process of the first lumbar spine (L1) on spinal MRI and confirmed as metastatic renal cell carcinoma by bone biopsy. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT were underwent for further evaluation. $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy showed cold lesion in the first lumbar spine which was initially hot and newly developed hot lesion in the twelfth thoracic spine, and which were shown as hypermetabolic lesions in $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT. We report a case of bony metastasis from renal cell carcinoma which is changed from hot lesion to cold lesion in $^{99m}Tc$-HDP bone scintigraphy and compare with $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT.

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