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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e245002.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245002.

Uptake of bone seeking radiotracer in the metastatic lymph node from testicular tumour

P Saisradha Patro  1 , Kanhaiyalal Agrawal  2 , Girish Kumar Parida  1 , Dilip Kumar Parida  3
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Case Reports

Uptake of bone seeking radiotracer in the metastatic lymph node from testicular tumour

P Saisradha Patro et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: radiology; urological cancer.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Planar whole-body technetium-99 m methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m MDP) bone scan shows a focus of increased osteoblastic activity in the L2 vertebra on the left side. Another focus of increased osteoblastic activity is seen in the left paravertebral region (arrow). Rest of the bone scan shows physiological tracer uptake.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The single photon emission tomography integrated with computed tomography (SPECT-CT) of the lumbar region localises the uptake in the L2 vertebra to a lytic sclerotic lesion, confirming bone metastasis (arrows in A and B showing CT and fused SPECT-CT images, respectively). The left paravertebral focus corresponds to a large para-aortic soft tissue mass with areas of punctate calcification within, suggestive of a metastatic para-aortic lymph node (arrows in C and D showing CT and fused SPECT-CT images, respectively).
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