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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2022

Skeletal scintigraphy as an important complement for detecting bone metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Wei-Jheng Yen, Chih-Ting Liu, Ya-Min Chi, Chin-Chuan Chang

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei-Jheng YenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung.
Chih-Ting LiuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung.
Ya-Min ChiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung.
Chin-Chuan ChangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4618-0927
Kaohsiung Medical University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone metastasis occurs frequently in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Although fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) has been proven to be more sensitive at detecting bone metastases than Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate skeletal scintigraphy in pretreatment patients with NPC in most clinical settings, there have been metastatic lesions that were positive on skeletal scintigraphy but negative on PET/CT scans. Herein, we report the case of a patient with stage IV NPC that manifested as multiple metabolically abnormal lesions on pretreatment skeletal scintigraphy and were considered malignant although they were negative on PET/CT examination. Follow-up evaluations with both skeletal scintigraphy and PET/CT scans as post-therapeutic imaging are also presented.

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Bone NeoplasmsNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansNasopharyngeal CarcinomaPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticalsbone metastasiscase reportfluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomographynasopharyngeal carcinomaskeletal scintigraphyTechnetium-99m methylene diphosphonate

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PMID36036384
PMCPMC9434676
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