Soft tissue uptake on 99mTc methylene diphosphonate bone scan imaging: pictorial review

Australas Radiol. 2002 Mar;46(1):13-21. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00989.x.

Abstract

99mTechnetium methylene diphosphonate (MDP) bone isotope may accumulate in many extra-osseous sites due to a variety of both benign and malignant conditions. This finding on a bone scan can be crucial to the diagnosis and may not be apparent in other imaging or the clinical evaluation of the patient. We present a pictorial review sampling some of the many causes of extra-osseous 99mTc MDP accumulation.

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals* / pharmacokinetics
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate* / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate