Unusual 99mTc-pyrophosphate accumulation in aortic aneurysm detected by bone scintigraphy
https://doi.org/10.20862/0042-4676-2016-97-5-303-305
Abstract
A clinical observation of focal accumulation of 99mTcpyrophosphate in aortic aneurysm, simulating skeletal pathology of the lumbar vertebra in planar scintigraphy mode, is presented. Additional single-photon emission computed tomography combined with computed tomography-something view allowed to confirm that the radiotracer uptake focus was localized in the distal part of the aneurysm, in the zone of lumen subocclusion by a calcified thrombus. It is suggested that the local tracer accumulation is not only due to calcification but also due to inflammatory, a factor that plays a role in the genesis of an aortic aneurysm
About the Authors
S. P. Mironov
Institute of Clinical Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Ministry of Health of the RF, ul. Tret’ya Cherepkovskaya, 15a, Moscow, 121552, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, DSc, Professor;
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, DSc, Professor;
D. N. Shul’gin
Institute of Clinical Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Ministry of Health of the RF, ul. Tret’ya Cherepkovskaya, 15a, Moscow, 121552, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD
Russian Federation
MD, PhD
V. V. Malakhov
Institute of Clinical Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Ministry of Health of the RF, ul. Tret’ya Cherepkovskaya, 15a, Moscow, 121552, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Junior Researcher
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Junior Researcher
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Mironov S.P., Shul’gin D.N., Malakhov V.V. Unusual 99mTc-pyrophosphate accumulation in aortic aneurysm detected by bone scintigraphy. Journal of radiology and nuclear medicine. 2016;97(5):303-305. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20862/0042-4676-2016-97-5-303-305
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