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ArticleMolecular imaging and radionuclide therapy2024

Unusual Soft Tissue Uptake of Tc-99m MDP in Radiation-induced Sarcoma: Diagnostic Conundrum.

Sharjeel Usmani, Anjali Jain, Khulood Al Riyami, Zahida Niaz, Subhash Kheruka, Vipin V Jayakrishnan

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Sharjeel UsmaniSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0001-9274-7571
Anjali JainSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-2183-9393
Khulood Al RiyamiSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0009-0001-8235-3197
Zahida NiazSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Pathology, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0001-5230-4709
Subhash KherukaSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-3807-1368
Vipin V JayakrishnanSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-1445-4436

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Abstract

Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP) is a bone imaging agent used for skeletal staging, but it can also be localized in extraosseous calcifying lesions. We report a case of an 84-year-old woman with breast carcinoma who underwent surgery followed by radiotherapy 10 years ago and now presented with a right axillary mass referred for Tc-99m MDP to exclude bone metastasis. Tc-99m MDP shows intense tracer uptake in the right thoracic region corresponding to the site of calcified soft tissue mass in the right lateral chest wall. Subsequent ultrasonography revealed an ill-defined lesion containing coarse calcifications. Biopsy showed radiation-induced sarcoma. Extra osseous Tc-99m MDP uptake may provide important diagnostic information that may alter patient management.

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breast cancerextraosseous uptakeradiation-induced sarcomaTc-99m MDP bone scan

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