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Incidentally Found Soft Tissue 99mTc-DPD Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy Was Useful in an Early Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a critical disease which is presented by occlusion of peripheral arteries, while it could result in amputation of the involved limbs if it remained untreated before it would progress into tissue necrosis. It is usually diagnosed by CT angiography or conventional angiography, but its early diagnosis is challenging because its symptoms may be absent or like those of other diseases. In this case report, the authors showed that an atypical soft tissue uptake of lower limb incidentally found on a bone scintigraphy resulted in early diagnosis and successful treatment outcome of PAD.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

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  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University College of Medicine and School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

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The study was designed by In Kook Chun. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Seong Jae Bae and In Kook Chun. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Seong Jae Bae and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Bae, S.J., Chun, I.K. Incidentally Found Soft Tissue 99mTc-DPD Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy Was Useful in an Early Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 56, 202–207 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-022-00750-w

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