TY - JOUR
T1 - Cold spots on bone scans in patients wearing weighted breast prostheses
AU - Wahner-Roedler, D. L.
AU - Wiseman, G. A.
AU - Dunn, W. L.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A bone scan is frequently obtained in patients with breast cancer for evaluation of possible metastatic bone disease or for evaluation of response of known metastases to treatment. These patients commonly wear breast prostheses after unilateral or bilateral mastectomies. On some bone scans, the authors have observed artifacts resulting from certain breast prostheses. In particular, in the patient described, a weighted breast prosthesis was not removed during Tc-99m HMDP bone scanning and was interpreted as being permanent pacemaker or defibrillation unit. The scintigraphic appearance of several commonly used, commercially available weighted breast prostheses is discussed.
AB - A bone scan is frequently obtained in patients with breast cancer for evaluation of possible metastatic bone disease or for evaluation of response of known metastases to treatment. These patients commonly wear breast prostheses after unilateral or bilateral mastectomies. On some bone scans, the authors have observed artifacts resulting from certain breast prostheses. In particular, in the patient described, a weighted breast prosthesis was not removed during Tc-99m HMDP bone scanning and was interpreted as being permanent pacemaker or defibrillation unit. The scintigraphic appearance of several commonly used, commercially available weighted breast prostheses is discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029793987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0029793987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 8896925
AN - SCOPUS:0029793987
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 21
SP - 776
EP - 779
JO - Clinical nuclear medicine
JF - Clinical nuclear medicine
IS - 10
ER -