1.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.
Syed Zama ALI ; Michael John CLARKE ; Anbalagan KANNIVELU ; Dinesh CHINCHURE ; Sivasubramanian SRINIVASAN
Korean Journal of Radiology 2014;15(3):376-380
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.
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Bone Marrow/*radionuclide imaging
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*Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary
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Humans
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Hypertension, Pulmonary/*etiology/radionuclide imaging
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Lung/*radionuclide imaging
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Male
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Primary Myelofibrosis/complications
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Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid/diagnostic use
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/*etiology/radionuclide imaging