Failure to detect extramedullary hematopoiesis during bone-marrow imaging with /sup 111/In or /sup 99m/Tc sulfur colloid

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7071136

Harnsberger, H R; Datz, F L; Knochel, J Q; Taylor, A T

A patient with postpolycythemic myeloid metaplasia developed an enlarging abdominal mass documented on TCT scanning. To distinguish between lymphoma and extramedullary hematopoiesis, marrow elements were imaged with /sup 111/In chloride and /sup 99m/Tc sulfur colloid. Because the mass failed to accumulate either tracer, a presumptive diagnosis of lymphoma was made and exploratory surgery was performed. The excised mass was found to consist of enlarged lymph nodes containing extramedullary hematopoiesis. Caution should be exercised in the use of /sup 111/In or /sup 99m/Tc SC bone-marrow scans to diagnose sites of extramedullary hematopoiesis.

• Research Organization: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
• OSTI ID: 7071136
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 23:7; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABDOMEN
ANIMAL TISSUES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD FORMATION
BODY
BODY AREAS
BONE MARROW
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ERRORS
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IMAGES
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LYMPH NODES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
LYMPHOMAS
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SURGERY
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TISSUES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES