Vertebral hemangioma (Tc-99m RBC labeled SPECT/CT)

Case contributed by Damián Rodríguez , 13 Mar 2018
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 14 Mar 2018

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
Vertebral Haemangiomahaemangioma (Tc-99m RBC labelled SPECT/CT)
Status changed from pending review to published (public).
Published At was set to .
Age changed from 33 to 35 years.
Presentation was changed:
33-year-old female patient, asymptomatic, sentAsymptomatic; referred to the nuclear medicine service due to a lesion in the vertebral body ofat L4.
Body was changed:

The diagnosis by nuclear medicine is with 99mTechnetium Red Blood Cells radiolabelledradiolabelled red blood cells, with aan increase of the uptake of the radiotracer.these These are indirect findings by nuclear medicine of a vertebral hemangioma.

  • -<p>The diagnosis by nuclear medicine is with <sup>99m</sup>Technetium Red Blood Cells radiolabelled, with a increase of the uptake of the radiotracer.<br>these are indirect findings by nuclear medicine of a vertebral hemangioma.</p>
  • +<p>The diagnosis by nuclear medicine is with <sup>99m</sup>Technetium radiolabelled red blood cells, with an increase of the uptake of the radiotracer. These are indirect findings by nuclear medicine of a vertebral hemangioma.</p>

References changed:

  • Choi YY, Seong JY, Yang SO, Lee SR, Cho S. Tc-99m RBC SPECT demonstrating vertebral hemangioma. (1998) Clinical nuclear medicine. 23 (9): 632-4. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9735998">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
  • https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=9735998

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Three Phase Bone Scan + SPECT/CT

Vascular phase: In the posterior image (right side) there is a discrete increase in the flow of vertebral body of L4.

Thetissue image does not show hyperemia data.

In On SPECT / CT/CT, there is a decreased mineral metabolism in the vertebral body of L4, which presents inon CT a trabecular thickening with polka-dot sign.

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