Osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible: findings on Tc-99m HMDP bone and Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Sep;30(9):608-9. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000174201.42679.0c.

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman presented with a disturbance in the opening of her mouth 5 months before admission. On admission, painful swelling of the right preauricular region was revealed. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a soft tissue density mass around the right condylar process of the mandible. Tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) bone scintigraphy and Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy showed avid uptake in the mass. The tumor was histologically identified as an osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the right mandible. There are few reports of Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy findings of osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible. The accumulation patterns on Tc-99m HMDP bone scintigraphy and Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy are possibly characteristic of osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthralgia / diagnosis
  • Arthralgia / etiology
  • Citrates*
  • Female
  • Gallium*
  • Humans
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / complications
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Osteoblastoma / complications
  • Osteoblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Osteosarcoma / complications
  • Osteosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / analogs & derivatives*
  • Temporomandibular Joint / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Citrates
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate
  • Gallium
  • gallium citrate
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate