Extramedullary Pulmonary Hematopoiesis Causing Pulmonary Hypertension and Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Detected by Technetium-99m Sulfur Colloid Bone Marrow Scan and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/CT.
10.3348/kjr.2014.15.3.376
- Author:
Syed Zama ALI
1
;
Michael John CLARKE
;
Anbalagan KANNIVELU
;
Dinesh CHINCHURE
;
Sivasubramanian SRINIVASAN
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore 768828, Republic of Singapore. syed.zama@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Extramedullary pulmonary hematopoiesis;
Pulmonary hypertension;
Tricuspid regurgitation;
Technetium-99m sulfur colloid bone marrow scan;
SPECT/CT
- MeSH:
Aged;
Bone Marrow/*radionuclide imaging;
*Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary;
Humans;
Hypertension, Pulmonary/*etiology/radionuclide imaging;
Lung/*radionuclide imaging;
Male;
Primary Myelofibrosis/complications;
Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid/diagnostic use;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/*etiology/radionuclide imaging
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2014;15(3):376-380
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Extramedullary pulmonary hematopoiesis is a rare entity with a limited number of case reports in the available literature only. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with known primary myelofibrosis, in whom a Technetium-99m sulfur colloid bone marrow scan with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT revealed a pulmonary hematopoiesis as the cause of pulmonary hypertension and severe tricuspid regurgitation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of Technetium-99m sulfur colloid SPECT/CT imaging in this rare condition.
