Intestinal leakage of technetium-99m-MDP in primary intestinal lymphangiectasia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case in which a patient with primary intestinal lymphangiectasia demonstrated abnormal intestinal accumulation of tracer during 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) skeletal scintigraphy. Early intestinal leakage with gradual colonic migration and concentration was confirmed by repeat bone scan with serial acquisitions. The mechanism for the intestinal localization of 99mTc-MDP seen in this patient is not clear. Thus, intestinal lymphangiectasia can be a cause for extra-osseous localization of bone scan agents in the intestine.
Medical subject headings
- Bone and Bones
- Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
- Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal
- Technetium Tc 99m Medronate