Splenic Hemochromatosis Incidentally Found on Tc-99m MDP Bone Scan in a Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patient who Received Bone Marrow Transplantation.
- Author:
Byeong Cheol AHN
1
;
Ji Hyoung SEO
;
Jin Ho BAE
;
Sin Young JEONG
;
Jaetae LEE
;
Kyu Bo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National Unversity Medical School, Daegu, Korea. abc2000@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
hemochromatosis;
bone scan;
MRI;
splenic uptake
- MeSH:
Anemia;
Blood Transfusion;
Bone Marrow Transplantation*;
Bone Marrow*;
Hemochromatosis*;
Humans;
Iron;
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Spleen;
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2004;38(1):109-110
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
