Extraosseous Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Uptake of Tc-99m HMDP in a Surgical Scar after Laparotomy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1000-1001

  Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Koizumi, Kiyoshi ^a   Hanawa, Noboru ^b   Abe, Kimihiko ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone imaging; Extraosseous; Skin and subcutaneous uptake; Surgical scar; Tc 99m HMDP

Indexed keywords

OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; SKIN SCAR;

AGED; CICATRIX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1442286007     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000099817.78911.7a     Document Type: Article

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