The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report

A 26-year-old man with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presented with bone metastasis. Bone scan revealed diffuse skeletal metastases with superscan appearance. Afterward, radiotherapy for bone lesions was arranged and the effects were evaluated. The bone scan flare phenomenon appeared w...

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Autores principales: Lu, Min-Chuan, Chuang, Tzyy-Ling, Lee, Moon-Sing, Chiou, Wen-Yen, Lin, Hon-Yi, Hung, Shih-Kai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr820w
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author Lu, Min-Chuan
Chuang, Tzyy-Ling
Lee, Moon-Sing
Chiou, Wen-Yen
Lin, Hon-Yi
Hung, Shih-Kai
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Chuang, Tzyy-Ling
Lee, Moon-Sing
Chiou, Wen-Yen
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description A 26-year-old man with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presented with bone metastasis. Bone scan revealed diffuse skeletal metastases with superscan appearance. Afterward, radiotherapy for bone lesions was arranged and the effects were evaluated. The bone scan flare phenomenon appeared within a short time after radiotherapy. Diffuse bone metastasis, which is common in NPC, were indeterminate on images showing superscan pattern or flare.
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spelling pubmed-33768832012-06-20 The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report Lu, Min-Chuan Chuang, Tzyy-Ling Lee, Moon-Sing Chiou, Wen-Yen Lin, Hon-Yi Hung, Shih-Kai J Clin Med Res Case Report A 26-year-old man with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presented with bone metastasis. Bone scan revealed diffuse skeletal metastases with superscan appearance. Afterward, radiotherapy for bone lesions was arranged and the effects were evaluated. The bone scan flare phenomenon appeared within a short time after radiotherapy. Diffuse bone metastasis, which is common in NPC, were indeterminate on images showing superscan pattern or flare. Elmer Press 2012-06 2012-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3376883/ /pubmed/22719811 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr820w Text en Copyright 2012, Lu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lu, Min-Chuan
Chuang, Tzyy-Ling
Lee, Moon-Sing
Chiou, Wen-Yen
Lin, Hon-Yi
Hung, Shih-Kai
The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report
title The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report
title_full The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report
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title_short The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report
title_sort super-scan and flare phenomena in a nasopharyngeal cancer patient: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr820w
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