Iron dextran: bone imaging patterns of absorption--a case report

Am J Physiol Imaging. 1990;5(3):116-8.

Abstract

This case illustrates two different patterns of absorption of Iron Dextran in the gluteal soft tissues due to an intramuscular and a more proper Z-track technique. A 65 year old female presented to the nuclear medicine service for a bone scan to rule out metastatic disease from a surgically resected colon cancer. While the first bone scan showed no evidence of metastases, an abnormal accumulation of Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate was noted in the left gluteal soft tissue region.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Buttocks / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Iron-Dextran Complex / pharmacokinetics*
  • Iron-Dextran Complex / therapeutic use
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Iron-Dextran Complex
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate