GASTROINTESTINAL UPTAKE OF TC-99M HMDP CAUSED BY CALCIUM GLUCONATE

Authors
SEGAWA H IKEHIRA H AOKI T MARUYAMA T
Citation
H. Segawa et al., GASTROINTESTINAL UPTAKE OF TC-99M HMDP CAUSED BY CALCIUM GLUCONATE, Clinical nuclear medicine, 20(8), 1995, pp. 750-752
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
750 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1995)20:8<750:GUOTHC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Intense diffuse uptake of Tc-99m HMDP was seen In the gastrointestinal tract of a patient given liquid calcium gluconate. Bone scintigraphy was performed as a routine follow up 8 years after surgery for breast cancer. The gastrointestinal uptake disappeared when the administratio n of the liquid calcium gluconate was discontinued.