Incidental Tc-99m Methylene Diphosphonate Uptake in an Active Thyroid Nodule/Aktif Tiroid Nodulunde Insidental Tc-99m Metilen Difosfonat Tutulumu

• Published in: Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 128
• Main Authors: Cayir, Derya, Araz, Mine, Akin, Safak, Karakose, Melia, Cakal, Erman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Galenos Yayinevi Tic. Ltd 01-10-2017
• Subjects: Bone diseases; Breast cancer; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Diphosphonates; Dosage and administration; Prostate cancer
• ISSN: 2146-1414
• DOI: 10.4274/mirt.37167

Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) whole body scintigraphy is the method of choice for detection of metastatic bone diseases. It is primarily used to help diagnose various bone-related conditions such as primary or metastatic cancer of the bone, location of bone inflammation, and fractures that may not be visible on traditional X-ray images, as well as detection of bone damage due to infections and other conditions. In addition, bone scanning is often used for the follow-up or evaluation of response to treatment in some malignancies like prostate and breast cancers. Pathologies of other systems can also be incidentally detected on whole body bone scan. Herein we present an interesting image of an active thyroid nodule that showed Tc-99m MDP uptake in a prostate cancer patient. Keywords: Thyroid nodule, Tc-99m medronate, radionuclide imaging Tc-99m metilen difosfonat (MDP) tum vucut kemik sintigrafisi kemik metastazlarinin arastirilmasinda siklikla uygulanan bir tetkiktir. Primer ve metastatik kemik kanseri tanisi, kemik enflamasyonunun lokalizasyonu, geleneksel X-ray goruntulerinde izlenemeyen frakturlerin tanisi, enfeksiyon ve diger durumlara bagli gelisebilen kemik hasarinin tanisi gibi kemik ile iliskili cok sayida durumun teshisinde yardimcidir. Ek olarak, kemik sintigrafisi, prostat ve meme kanseri gibi bazi malignitelerin takibinde veya tedaviye yanitinin degerlendirilmesinde siklikla kullanilmaktadir. Tum vucut kemik sintigrafisinde diger sistemlere ait patolojiler insidental olarak saptanabilir. Bu olguda prostat karsinomu tanisi olan hastada Tc-99m MDP tutan aktif tiroid nodulune ait ilginc gorunumu sunuyoruz. Anahtar kelimeler: Tiroid nodulu, Tc-99m medronat, radyonuklid goruntuleme