Noninvasive approaches to diagnose intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis: 18F-FLT PET/CT and 99mTc-SC SPECT/CT scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Aug;37(8):788-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318251e19f.

Abstract

Extramedullary hematopoiesis refers to the presence of hematopoietic elements in locations other than the bone marrow medullary space. It occurs as a compensatory mechanism to impaired hematopoiesis resulting from a variety of pathological conditions. Because of the hazards of biopsy of a highly vascular hematopoietic mass, it is desirable to establish the diagnosis noninvasively. We report a case where 18F-fluoro-3'deoxy-L-thymidine PET/CT and 99mTc-SC scintigraphy were used as a noninvasive modality to diagnose extramedullary hematopoiesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dideoxynucleosides*
  • Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiography, Thoracic*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium*
  • Thorax / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Whole Body Imaging

Substances

  • Dideoxynucleosides
  • Technetium
  • alovudine