• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.315-318
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• 1993

We experienced 7 cases of patients who were performed $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy for the evaluation of diseases they had. Their bone scintigrams showed incidental radionuclide uptake in the gastrointestinal tracts and they had no special symptom or sign attributable to the findings. Case 1 showed radionuclide uptake in the stomach and both lung and the patient had suffered from hypercalcemia and azotemia. Case 3 and case 6 showed diffuse radionuclide uptake in the stomach and intestinal tract. Others showed diffuse or regional radionuclide uptake in the intestinal tracts. Radionuclide uptake in the gastrointestinal tract by $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate is caused by a certain pathologic lesion but also can be seen in the normal gastrointestinal tract. So, one who reads bone scintigrams should be alert for the pathologic lesion in the gastrointestinal tract although one must interpretate with the concept of this normal variations.

• 대한핵의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한핵의학회 1991년도 제30차 춘계학술대회
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• pp.148.1-148.1
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• 1991

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.168-171
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• 1998

We present a case in which a patient with acute hemorrhagic gastritis demonstrated abnormal gastrointestinal accumulation of radiotracer during $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate(MDP) skeletal scintigraphy. A hemorrhagic gastritis was subsequently demonstrated by endoscopy. The mechanism for the intestinal localization of $^{99m}Tc$-MDP in this patient is not clear, but we guess that the extravasated blood containing the radiopharmaceutical cannot recirculate and stays at the bleeding site, so we can see the intestinal activity.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.81-84
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• 1982

To evaluate the in-vivo and in-vitro stability of methylene diphosphonate $(MDP)-^{99m}Tc$, relative ligand exchange rates in phosphate buffer between $MDP-^{99m}Tc$ and human serum albumin (HSA), and between pyrophosphate$(PYP)-^{99m}Tc$ and HSA have been measured. Gel permeation chromatography has also been carried out to estimate relative rates of ligand exchange between polysaccharide and the $^{99m}Tc-bone$ agents. The in-vitro stability was further correlated with its specific radioactivity. The results indicated that the $MDP-^{99m}Tc$ is more stable than the $PYP-^{99m}Tc$ but less stable than $MIDA-^{99m}Tc$, $HIDA-^{99m}Tc$, and $DTPA-^{99m}Tc$ etc. in refering to other data. In stability point of view, $MDP-^{99m}Tc$ is considered to be a better bone agent than $PYP-^{99m}Tc$ since $MDP-^{99m}Tc$ can be accumulated at bone by a smooth transfer of $^{99m}Tc$ to hydroxyapatite, whereas in case of $PYP-^{99m}Tc$, most of the $^{99m}Tc$ is transferred to HSA before arriving to the hydroxyapatite.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.85-89
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• 1982

Patients with diffusely increased uptake in both kindeys("hot kidney") on the $^{99m}Tc-MDP$ bone imagings were evaluated. Total incidence of the "hot kidney" was 2.7% (56/2053). Among 56 patients with "hot kidney", the most common diseases were malignancies (30), and the remainders were composed of renal diseases(11) and other disease group(16). We report the possible factors for the "hot kidney" with brief review of some literatures.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 1982

Avascular necrosis of bone has become a well-recognized complication of renal transplantation. While preexisting metabolic bone disease, especially hyperparathyroidism, and metabolic disturbances induced by steroids have been implicated as etiological factors, the pathogenesis is controversial. The diagnosis of avascular necrosis of bone had been based on a history of joint pain and radiographic demonstration of bone necrosis. Recently the bone scan using 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate is helpful in determining the early stage of bone necrosis. We report two cases of avascular necrosis of femur head, of which diagnosis was made by the bone scan using 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 1994

The bone scan reflects the metabolic reaction of bone to a disease process, whether neoplastic, traumatic or inflammatory. In normal bone tissue, the labeled diphosphate complexes accumulate in the perivascular fluid next to the marrow cavity at the interface between uncalcified and calcified bone matrix. HMDP has the most rapid plasma clearance among the commonly used diphosphonate followed by MDP and then HEDP. I have studied about bone scan time by use of $^{99m}Tc-MDP$, and got 336 images from 112 patients. The result obtained as follow; 1. Accumulation rate of $^{99m}Tc-MDP$ is higher than other age groups in below 30-year old group. 2. Accumulation rate, in 10year old group, is 75.85% on 120min. but other groups are most high on 180 min. 3. The density differants between bone and soft tissue increased with time. 4. Image contrast is good in younger group than old.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2003

$^{99m}Tc$ 표지 방사성의약품을 이용한 핵의학 영상검사를 받은 환자들에서 방사선 적응반응이 개인간에 어느 정도 차이가 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ 신장 신티그라피를 시행한 환자 23명, $^{99m}Tc-MDP$ 골 신티그라피를 시행한 환자 18명 및 $^{99}mTc-TF$ 심근관류 신티그라피를 시행한 환자 21명, 총 62명의 환자를 대상으로 방사성의약품 주사 전, 그리고 주사후 4시간째 채혈하여 림프구를 채취 배양하였다. 고선량 방사선조사는 배양 46시간째 $^{137}Cs$ 조사기를 사용하여 2 Gy의 감마선을 조사하였다. 불안정 염색체의 발생빈도를 Ydr값으로 표현하였고, 방사선 적응반응 지수(k)는 저선량 전처치후 Ydr값을 전처치 전 Ydr값으로 나누어 k값이 1 미만일 때 방사선 적응반음이 유도되는 것으로 간주하였다. 대상환자 62명 중 61명에서 방사선 적응반응이 유도되었고 $^{99m}Tc-DTPA,\;^{99m}Tc-MDP$ 및 Tc-99m-TF 환자군에서 k값의 변동계수 (CV)는 각각 35%, 34%, 21%였다. k값은 성별, 나이 및 병명과 상관관계가 없었다. 핵의학검사를 시행한 환자들에서 방사성 의약품에 의해 유도된 방사선 적응반응은 다양한 개인차가 있었으며, 성별, 나이 또는 병명과 관계없는 다른 원인에 의한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 대한핵의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한핵의학회 1986년도 제25차 춘계학술대회
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• pp.124.2-124.2
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• 1986

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2019

Purpose: To present characteristic findings of Tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) scintigraphy, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for osteonecrosis in the mandible, especially osteoradionecrosis(ORN) and medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw(MRONJ). Materials and Methods: Thirteen patients with MRONJ and 7 patients with ORN in the mandible underwent Tc-99m HMDP scintigraphy, CT, and MR imaging (T1-weighted images[T1WI], T2-weighted images[T2WI], short inversion time inversion recovery images[STIR]), diffusion-weighted images[DWI], and apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC] mapping). The associations of scintigraphy, CT, and MR imaging findings with MRONJ and ORN were analyzed using the chi-square test with the Pearson exact test. Results: Thirteen patients with MRONJ and 7 patients with ORN in the mandible showed low signal intensity on T1WI and ADC mapping, high signal intensity on STIR and DWI, and increased uptake on scintigraphy. Periosteal bone proliferation on CT was observed in 69.2% of patients with MRONJ(9 of 13) versus 14.3% of patients with ORN(1 of 7)(P=0.019). Conclusion: This study presented characteristic imaging findings of MRONJ and ORN on scintigraphy, CT, and MR imaging. Our results suggest that CT can be effective for detecting MRONJ and ORN.