A case of beautiful bone scan due to bone metastasis of gastric cancer
- Kuroda, Masahiro
- Tanaka, Akio
- Yamamoto, Yoshio
- Simizu, Mitsuharu
- Sato, Nobuo
- Joja, Ikuo
- Hashimoto, Keiji
- Hiraki, Yoshio
- Nakada, Hiroyuki
- Kibata, Masayoshi
Publication date
December 1989
DOI Publisher
岡山医学会 ISSN
0030-1558 Journal
Okayama Igakkai Zasshi (Journal of Okayama Medical Association)Abstract
A 46-year-old female presented with lumbago. A plain X-ray examination did not indicate any distinctive changes, however a bone scintigram showed beautiful bone scan. A bone marrow biopsy certified metastatic adenocarcinoma and a primary gastric carcinoma was discovered subsequently. Beautiful bone scan can be seen in malignant metastasis, several bone metabolic diseases and other rare cases. A rare case of a gastric cancer exhibiting a beautiful bone scan, is described
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