TY - JOUR
T1 - Colonic Uptake of Tc-99m MDP in Pseudomembranous Colitis
AU - Rohren, Eric M.
AU - Borges-Neto, Salvador
PY - 2002/11/1
Y1 - 2002/11/1
N2 - A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized with cervical spine osteomyelitis. Despite antibiotic therapy, she remained febrile with an elevated leukocyte count. A bone scan with Tc-99m MDP was performed to search for additional foci of osteomyelitis. Unexpectedly, prominent radiotracer activity was seen in the soft tissues of the abdomen. Peritoneal carcinomatosis, colitis, and intraluminal blood loss were raised as possibilities, and an abdominal computed tomographic scan showed diffuse colonic wall thickening consistent with colitis, and shortly thereafter a stool assay for Clostridium difficile toxin was positive. The patient's antibiotic regimen was altered to treat pseudomembranous colitis.
AB - A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized with cervical spine osteomyelitis. Despite antibiotic therapy, she remained febrile with an elevated leukocyte count. A bone scan with Tc-99m MDP was performed to search for additional foci of osteomyelitis. Unexpectedly, prominent radiotracer activity was seen in the soft tissues of the abdomen. Peritoneal carcinomatosis, colitis, and intraluminal blood loss were raised as possibilities, and an abdominal computed tomographic scan showed diffuse colonic wall thickening consistent with colitis, and shortly thereafter a stool assay for Clostridium difficile toxin was positive. The patient's antibiotic regimen was altered to treat pseudomembranous colitis.
KW - Bone Scintigraphy
KW - Colitis
KW - Pseudomembranous Colitis
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-200211000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00003072-200211000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 12394129
AN - SCOPUS:0036832567
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 27
SP - 797
EP - 798
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 11
ER -