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1VA Medical Center, and Nuclear Medicine Section, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40511, USA.
Annals of Nuclear Medicine
|October 8, 1999
Abstract:
Ipsilateral axillary lymph node visualization due to extravasation of Tc-99m MDP intravenous injection has been well documented. A patient with suspected angina underwent Tc-99m MIBI myocardial SPECT who had extravasation of Tc-99m MIBI in the antecubital region resulting in ipsilateral axillary lymph node uptake. This finding should not be misinterpreted as lymphatic nodal metastasis in a patient with breast cancer or lung cancer.
