99mTc-methylene diphosphonate accumulation in ascitic fluid due to neoplasm.
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 139 (3) , 699-702
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.139.3.6453357
Abstract
99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) was found to accumulate in the abdomen in 7 patients with ascites due to a primary tumor of the ovary, testis, stomach or urethra, leukemia or lymphoma. This finding should strongly suggest malignancy.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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