The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Two Cases of Bone Scan in Snake Bite

골주사를 이용한 사교상(Snake bite) 환자의 경과 관찰 2예 보고

  • Park, Jeong-Kook (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Hwang-Bock (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Cha, Soon-Joo (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Min-Jae (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University)
  • 박정국 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선과학교실) ;
  • 이황복 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선과학교실) ;
  • 차순주 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선과학교실) ;
  • 이민재 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선과학교실)
  • Published : 1985.11.30
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Abstract

It is very difficult to check the severity and clinical course of the toxicity in snake bite patients by virtes of clinical manifestation and laboratory tests. And we observed the. findings of bone scan with 99mTc-MDP in two snake bite patients. First patient was bitten in the right ankle with local pain and swelling. The finding of bone scan of him was increased uptake of radionuclide in the soft tissue of right leg and thigh. Others were normal findings. Second patient was bitten in the right hand. But his symptom was severe and he complained local pain and swelling, nausea, blurred vision, and oliguria. The bone scan findings of second patient was; Increased uptake of radionuclide in the soft tissue of whole body. Decreased uptake in the bone tissue. Renal outline was not delineated. Follow up study 10 days after, revealed more improved findings in the scan.

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