[Scintigraphic imaging of knee synovitis in osteoarthritis after intra-articular injection of technetium-99m pertechnetate in the unilateral knee].
| Title | [Scintigraphic imaging of knee synovitis in osteoarthritis after intra-articular injection of technetium-99m pertechnetate in the unilateral knee]. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Chatzopoulos, D., Markou P., & Iakovou I. |
| Journal | Hell J Nucl Med |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 69-71 |
| Date Published | 2006 Jan-Apr |
| ISSN | 1790-5427 |
| Keywords | Aged, Humans, Injections, Intra-Articular, Knee Joint, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Radionuclide Imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals, Synovitis, Technetium Tc 99m Medronate |
| Abstract | A case of left knee synovitis scintigraphic imaging is presented in a 66-year-old patient with bilateral knee osteoarthritis and a right knee Baker's cyst, who had undergone a 74 MBq (99m)Tc-pertechnetate intra-articular injection in the right knee. The findings in this case were compared with the intravenously injected methylene disphosphonate technetium-99m ((99m)Tc-MDP) scintigraphic findings and could be interpreted as the result of (99m)Tc-pertechenate through blood communication from the right to the left knee. This case implies that (99m)Tc-pertechnetate may be useful in imaging the synovitis in multiple arthroses even up to 60 min after its administration, instead of the 5 min imaging after the injection of (99m)Tc-MDP. |
| Alternate Journal | Hell J Nucl Med |
| PubMed ID | 16617402 |
