Transient diaphyseal tibial Tc-99m MDP uptake and bone marrow edema in acute rheumatic fever.

Abstract

The authors describe a patient with acute rheumatic fever and polyarthritis in whom scintigraphy unexpectedly identified Tc-99m MDP uptake in the diaphyses of both tibiae. A dramatic rise in antistreptolysin-O titer and rapid resolution of tibial abnormalities paralleled marked articular improvement. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a pattern consistent with marrow edema in the area of abnormal Tc-99m MDP accumulation. This finding has not been previously described in acute rheumatic fever, and it was suspected that the changes in the tibiae resulted from subclinical diaphyseal hyperemia from the inflammatory process observed in the contiguous joints.

• Authors: P J Peller, J H Anderson
• Journal: Clinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 17 Issue 8 Pg. 634-7 (Aug 1992) ISSN: 0363-9762 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1505128 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Bone Marrow Diseases (diagnosis, etiology)
• Edema (diagnosis, etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Rheumatic Fever (complications)
• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate (pharmacokinetics)
• Tibia (diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
• Time Factors