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Extraosseous uptake of99mtechnetium methylene diphosphonate: Neuroblastoma or radiation therapy

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A child with a ganglioneuroblastoma and tumor uptake of99mtechnetium methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) is presented. After surgical removal of an encapsulated tumor and radiation therapy, an interval bone scan demonstrated the same presurgical abnormality. Awareness of abnormal uptake of99mTc-MDP in irradiated renal tissue prevents interpreting radiation nephritis as recurrent tumor.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Milwaukee Children's Hospital, 1700 W. Wisconsin Avenue, P. O. Box 1977, 53201, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    J. R. Sty, L. Kun, J. Casper & D. P. Babbitt

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Sty, J.R., Kun, L., Casper, J. et al. Extraosseous uptake of99mtechnetium methylene diphosphonate: Neuroblastoma or radiation therapy. Pediatr Radiol 9, 53–54 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973974

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