Case report: uptake of pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid by pigmented villonodular synovitis: comparison with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and gallium-67 scintigraphy

Br J Radiol. 1994 Oct;67(802):1030-2. doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-67-802-1030.

Abstract

The scintigraphic findings of a patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis are described and compared with the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data. Intense uptake of pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid without gallium-67 citrate uptake indicates that pigmented villonodular synovitis has the features of a hyperplastic or neoplastic lesion rather than an inflammatory lesion from the point of view of nuclear medicine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint / diagnostic imaging*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Succimer*
  • Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
  • Succimer