Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Incidental Detection of a Pseudoaneurysm at an Amputation Stump in a Tc-99m HMPAO labeled Leukocyte Scan

Tc-99m HMPAO 표지 백혈구스캔상 대퇴 절주에서 우연히 발견된 가성동맥류

  • Sohn, Myung-Hee (Department of Nuclear Medicine and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Jeong, Hwan-Jeong (Department of Nuclear Medicine and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lim, Seok-Tae (Department of Nuclear Medicine and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • 손명희 (전북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소) ;
  • 정환정 (전북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소) ;
  • 임석태 (전북대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소)
  • Published : 2007.08.31
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Abstract

A 20-year-old man underwent a Tc-99m HMPAO labeled leukocyte scan for the evaluation of an infection at the stump of an AK amputation, which was conducted due to an open communicated fracture of the left lower leg. Blood-flow and blood-pool images demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm with a focus of intense activity medial to the stump, and centered within a large photopenic defect by surrounding hematoma. Delayed image obtained at 3 hours post-injection showed persistent intense and slight increased activity, Contrast angiography confirmed the presence of a pseudoaneurysm arising from a branch of the left superficial femoral artery.

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