The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Splenic Hemochromatosis Incidentally Found on Tc-99m MDP Bone Scan in a Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patient who Received Bone Marrow Transplantation

골수 이식을 받은 만성 골수성 백혈병 환자의 Tc-99m MDP 골스캔에서 우연히 발견된 비장 Hemochromatosis

  • Seo, Ji-Hyoung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School) ;
  • Bae, Jin-Ho (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School) ;
  • Jeong, Sin-Young (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Tae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Bo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School) ;
  • Ahn, Byeong-Cheol (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Medical School)
  • 서지형 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 배진호 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 정신영 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이재태 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 이규보 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 안병철 (경북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실)
  • Published : 2004.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: Tc-99m MDP bone scan was performed to evaluate a generalized bone pain in a 24-year-old male chronic myelogenous leukemia patient who received bone marrow transplantation at 7 months ago. The patient had received large amounts of blood transfusion for managing symptoms related to anemia. Bone scan revealed substantial splenic tracer uptake. Magnetic resonance image and laboratory evidence of hemochromatosis suggests that the presence of large quantities of iron in the spleen of this patient may have been responsible for the splenic uptake of the bone scanning agent. The authors report a case of splenic hemochromatosis incidentally found on Tc-99m MDP bone scan.

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