Scintigraphic detection of metastatic bone lesions from breast carcinoma: Report of a case

A 46-year-old woman with extensive skeletal metastases from primary breast carcinoma was examined scintigraphically using^99mTc HMDP. The skeletal metastatic lesions, except for the mandible and hip joint, were clinically asymptomatic and hardly detected radiographically. Marked accumulation of^99mTc HMDP was shown in both the asymptomatic and symptomatic lesions, and scintigraphy is also a useful imaging modality for the identification of whole body metastatic bone lesions, especially in the early stage.