Visualization of Soft Tissue by Technetium-99m MDP in Polymyositis Case Reports

Authors :: Kiyohisa Nagai
Rikushi Morita
Nobuaki Otsuka
Akira Terao
Shinichi Yanagimoto
Koichi Morita
Kenji Morimoto
Masao Fukunaga
Shimato Ono
Tatsushi Tomomitsu
Source :: Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 13:291-293
Publication Year :: 1988
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1988.
Abstract: Two patients with polymyositis showed abnormal muscular uptake of Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) during routine bone imaging. Imaging with Tc-99m MDP is a useful tool in monitoring the activity of the diseased muscle.