99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT Demonstrating Extraosseous Periarticular Amyloid Deposits in Primary Systemic Amyloidosis Associated With Multiple Myeloma. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agarwal, Krishan Kant; Karunanithi, Sellam; Roy, Shambo Guha; Bal, Chandrasekhar; Kumar, Rakesh
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 2(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000593
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Amyloidosis is a rare disorder characterized by variable extracellular accumulation of a complex substance consisting of proteinaceous fibrils (amyloid fibrils) and nonfibrillar glycoprotein or amyloid P component. We present a case of a primary systemic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma in a 48-year-old woman whose ^99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT study revealed extraosseous periarticular uptake in amyloid deposits with no abnormal focal tracer uptake in the bone.</p> </sec> </abstract>