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4042509

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Accumulation of Tc-99m labeled phosphonate bone scanning agent in a pleural effusion usually shows a mild and diffuse increase in radioactivity of the involved thorax. A malignant neoplasm was thought to account for this accumulation. The photon deficiency of the hemithorax on Tc-99m HMDP bone scintigraphy was shown in a case of massive pleural effusion, which was proved by autopsy to be due to metastatic breast carcinoma in the pleura. Two factors caused these scintigraphic findings: 1) a large amount of fluid in the pleural cavity caused photon attenuation; 2) the higher body background in the noninvolved hemithorax and other areas of the body was due to renal dysfunction resulting from chronic pyelonephritis. Whether the accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical agent in the pleural effusion was malignant or benign could not readily be distinguished.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0363-9762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
572-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Photopenia of a hemithorax on technetium-99m HMDP bone scintigraphy resulting from massive pleural effusion.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports