Schmorl's Node Mimicking Metastasis in a Patient With Breast Cancer Diagnosis With (TC)-T-99m Methylene Diphosphonate SPECT-CT

作者：Singh Harmandeep; Sharma Punit; Naswa Niraj; Nazar Aftab Hasan; Khangembam Bangkim Chandra; Sahoo Manas Kumar; Kumar Rakesh^*

来源：Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2012, 37(7): 674-675.

DOI：10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824d2516

• schmorl's node
• bone scintigraphy
• SPECT-CT

Schmorl's node (SN) is a common entity characterized by protrusion of intervertebral disc material through a break in the subchondral end plate of a vertebral body. They can show increased (TC)-T-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake on bone scintigraphy mimicking metastasis and can be symptomatic. Differentiation of SN from metastasis is essential for appropriate patient management. Here, we present a case where increased (TC)-T-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake in a dorsal vertebrawas found to be because of SN by using single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography.

• 出版日期2012-7
• 单位河北医科大学