Unexpected Artifact on 99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate Bone Scintigraphy

Suliman G. Salih; Abdelbagi O. Osman; Ajnas M. Alkatheeri; Mohamed B. Hassaneen

doi:10.2967/jnmt.124.267795

Unexpected Artifact on ^99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate Bone Scintigraphy

Suliman G. Salih
, Abdelbagi O. Osman
, Ajnas M. Alkatheeri
, Mohamed B. Hassaneen

Fatima College of Health Sciences

University of Gezira
Fatima College of Health Sciences

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Abstract

Asymmetric hot spots in the axial skeleton on bone scintigraphy may confound diagnosis. We describe an unexpected artifact of ^99mTc-methylene diphosphonate near the breast in a 55-y-old woman with breast cancer. The initial whole-body bone scintigraphy revealed a solitary focal lesion in the anterior ribs on the left side. After careful tracking, we determined that this hot spot originated from the adhesive bandage. The patient had placed it in her left front pocket after removing it from the injection site. She was rescanned after the bandage had been removed from her pocket.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	360-361
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Volume	52
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.124.267795
State	Published - 1 Dec 2024

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Keywords

bone scintigraphy
breast cancer
unexpected artifact

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