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Can bone scintigraphy detect additional metastatic sites unrevealed by CT in patients with recurrent ovarian
U Uysal1, L Kostakoğlu, N Elahi
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Radiation Medicine
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A patient who presented with recurrent ovarian carcinoma with elevated levels of CA 125 was evaluated for skeletal metastases by routine whole body bone scintigraphy. Although no bone metastasis was visualized, there was intense accumulation of tracer in the soft tissues corresponding to the liver, pelvis, and intestinal/peritoneal surface, suggestive of metastatic disease. Although liver and pelvic soft tissue metastases were confirmed by CT and USG, intestinal/peritoneal metastases could not be disclosed by either modality.