TY - JOUR
T1 - Skeletal Scintigraphy in Radiation-Induced Fibrosis With Lymphedema
AU - Wang, Jieqi
AU - Iranmanesh, Arya M.
AU - Oates, M. Elizabeth
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Despite increasing reliance on CT, MRI, and FDG PET/CT for oncological imaging, whole-body skeletal scintigraphy remains a frontline modality for staging and surveillance of osseous metastatic disease. We present a 54-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who received palliative external-beam radiation to the left ilium. Serial follow-up Tc-MDP bone scans demonstrated progressive soft-tissue uptake in her left lower extremity, extending from thigh to leg, with associated enlargement and skin thickening, consistent with lymphedema related to radiation-induced fibrosis. Correlative abdominopelvic CT scans confirmed fibrotic changes in the left thigh.
AB - Despite increasing reliance on CT, MRI, and FDG PET/CT for oncological imaging, whole-body skeletal scintigraphy remains a frontline modality for staging and surveillance of osseous metastatic disease. We present a 54-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who received palliative external-beam radiation to the left ilium. Serial follow-up Tc-MDP bone scans demonstrated progressive soft-tissue uptake in her left lower extremity, extending from thigh to leg, with associated enlargement and skin thickening, consistent with lymphedema related to radiation-induced fibrosis. Correlative abdominopelvic CT scans confirmed fibrotic changes in the left thigh.
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001525
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001525
M3 - Article
C2 - 28033224
AN - SCOPUS:85028260504
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 42
SP - 231
EP - 234
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
