CASE 5 A 57-year-old woman presents with bone pain (Figs. 5.1 and 5.2). Fig. 5.1 Fig. 5.2 • A 20 mCi dose of 99mTc-MDP is administered intravenously. • Whole-body images of the skeleton are obtained 3 hours after tracer administration. • A 1024 × 256 matrix is used for whole-body images. • Emphasize the importance of oral hydration to improve soft tissue and bladder clearance. An anterior projection whole-body image (Fig. 5.1) shows diffuse increased uptake throughout the osseous structures, with visualization of the urinary bladder. There is extraosseous uptake of tracer within the lungs, stomach, and colon. A posterior projection whole-body image (Fig. 5.2
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