American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 126, Issue 5, 1077-1081
Copyright © 1976 by American Roentgen Ray Society
99MTc-diphosphonate uptake in neuroblastoma
W McCartney,
ML Nusynowitz,
BE Reimann,
J Prather,
and
B Mazat
Marked uptake of 99mTc-diphosphonate was noted in an extraadrenal neuroblastoma. Calcification was not demonstrable on radiographic or light microscopic examination, nor was crystalline material identified on electron microscopic examination; capillaries in the lesion appeared to be intact. Similar uptake of phosphate radiopharmaceuticals by a variety of lesions has been reported, and possible mechanisms for this phenomenon are discussed.