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Scintigraphic Evaluation of Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Using Technetium-99m(V)-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid

Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Hisataka Kobayashi, MD, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54, Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Technetium-99m(V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) and ⁶⁷Ga citrate scintigraphy were performed in three patients with primary and recurrent tenosynovial giant-cell tumor (one localized type and two diffuse type). In all cases, ^99mTc(V)DMSA showed marked accumulation in all primary and recurrent tumors; however, ⁶⁷Ga-citrate showed no accumulation in any of the tumors. Technetium-99m(V)-DMSA scintigraphy was useful in detecting tenosynovial giant-cell tumor and in diagnosing recurrence of this tumor.